Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) (OECD DECISION) REGULATIONS 1996 - NOTES

1996 No. 283*1* HAZARDOUS WASTE (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) 
(OECD DECISION) REGULATIONS

- Dated 11 December 1996
*1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 12 December 
1996.


1 Whenever possible, the code number of the Harmonized Commodity Description 
and Coding System, established by the Brussels Convention of 14th June 1983 
under the auspices of the Customs Co-operation Council (Harmonized System 
Code) is listed opposite an entry. This code may apply to both wastes and 
products. This Decision does not include items which are not wastes. 
Therefore, the code - used by customs officials in order to facilitate their 
procedures as well as by others - is only provided here to help in identifying 
wastes that are listed and subject to this Decision. However, corresponding 
official Explanatory Notes as issued by the Customs Co-operation Council 
should be used as interpretative guidance to identify wastes covered by 
generic headings. The indicative "ex" identifies a specific item contained 
within a heading of the Harmonized System Code.
The code in bold in the first column is the OECD code: it consists of two 
letters (one for the list: Green, Amber or Red and one for the category of 
waste: A,B,C...) followed by a number.
2 "Non-dispersible" does not include any wastes in the form of powder, sludge, 
dust or solid items containing encased hazardous waste liquids.
3 This entry covers the use of such slags as a source of titanium dioxide and 
vanadium.
4 These cannot be polymerised and are used as plasticisers.
5 Whenever possible, the code number of the Harmonized Commodity Description 
and Coding System, established by the Brussels Convention of 14th June 1983 
under the auspices of the Customs Co-operation Council (Harmonized System 
Code) is listed opposite an entry. This code may apply to both wastes and 
products. This Decision does not include items which are not wastes. 
Therefore, the code - used by customs officials in order to facilitate their 
procedures as well as by others - is only provided here to help in identifying 
wastes that are listed and subject to this Decision. However, corresponding 
official Explanatory Notes as issued by the Customs Co-operation Council 
should be used as interpretative guidance to identify wastes covered by 
generic headings. The indicative "ex" identifies a specific item contained 
within a heading of the Harmonized System Code.
The code in bold in the first column is the OECD code: it consists of two 
letters (one for the list: Green, Amber or Red and one for the category of 
waste: A,B,C...) followed by a number.
6 This listing includes wastes in the form of ash, residue, slag, dross, 
skimming, scaling, dust, powder, sludge and cake, unless a material is 
expressly listed elsewhere.
7 In the Basel Convention household wastes -- defined as an "other waste" -- 
are controlled when they are subject to transfrontier movements. Therefore 
under this Decision all household wastes (and not just those which exhibit a 
hazardous characteristic) will be subject to the procedures in Section IV 
(Amber Tier). Until exporting countries have the legal authority to control 
transfrontier movements of household wastes, the provisions in Section II(4) 
will be applied.