§ Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domerasked Her Majesty's Government:
When the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will issue the hazardous waste criteria and regulations. [HL5450]
§ Lord WhittyWe aim to issue for consultation new regulations on the control of hazardous waste in England at the end of this year, together with new regulations listing the European Waste Catalogue. There will be a three month consultation period. We intend to lay both sets of regulations before Parliament in the spring. The regulations are expected to come into force in the summer of 2004.
The draft Landfill (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2004, that implement the European Council Decision on waste acceptance criteria in England and Wales, are currently out for consultation. That consultation ends on 17 December 2003 and a response to the consultation will be placed on the Defra website in the new year. We remain on target to meet the EU requirement to transpose this legislation by July 2004.