284-BaselConvention.docVIP

284 Decree of the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic of 11 June 2001 establishing the Catalogue of Wastes as amended by Decree No. 409/2002 Coll. The Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic in agreement with the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic and the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, in accordance with Art. 68 par. 3 point e) of Act No. 223/2001 Coll. of Laws on wastes and on amendments to certain acts, has adopted the following: Article 1 The Catalogue of Wastes consists of the list of groups, subgroups and types of wastes, referred to in Annex No. 1; the list of hazardous characteristics of wastes according to the Basle Convention1), referred to in Annex No. 2; the list of groups of wastes subject to control and the list of harmful substances according to the Basle Convention, referred to in Annex No. 3; the list of criteria for the assessment of hazardous characteristics of wastes, referred to in Annex No. 4. Article 2 (1) Wastes are classified according to the list of wastes referred to in Annex No. 1 into categories and types applying the procedure referred to in Annex No. 5. (2) Individual waste types are classified under groups and subgroups of wastes. (3) Wastes types are defined by a six-digit number, where the first two-digit number indicates the group, the second two-digit number indicates the subgroup of the respective group, and the third two-digit number indicates the type of waste for the respective group and subgroup. (4) Wastes are divided into the following categories: hazardous wastes, denoted by capital letter ‘H’; other wastes, denoted by capital letter ‘O’. (5) In cases of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes covered by the Basle Convention, the hazardous characteristic code according to Annex No. 2 shall also be assigned to each type of hazardous wastes. (6) For the purpose of recording wastes2), the?code for the waste group or the?code for the injurant according to Annex No. 3 (the so-cal