Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-01-16-Speech-2-213"
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"en.20010116.11.2-213"2
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"Shipments of waste, including shipments to and from the Community, are governed by Regulation 259/93. This regulation replaced Directive 84/631 on the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste.
This revision incorporated the provisions of the 1989 Basle Convention on movements of hazardous wastes into Community legislation. As from 1 January 1998, the Community has therefore banned all shipments of hazardous wastes to be used for material recycling or to be deposited in countries outside the OECD. The Community therefore complies with the 1995 amendment to the Basle Convention which has not yet come into force internationally.
This legislation is not, however, applicable to exports of waste from the Swedish mining company, Boliden to Chile during the 1980s because Sweden was not an EU Member at that time. Furthermore, the provisions of the Basle Convention did not apply in the 1980s. In this specific case, the Commission believes that there is no Community legislation which can now make the company liable for possible environmental damage due to these waste products. The issue of Boliden’s liability in this case therefore remains a national issue which must be resolved through national environmental legislation."@en1
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