in force 2026-01-01 MODIFIED+318 −213§
Amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/2457 32025R2457
applies from: unchanged
Paragraph 2 now empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts under Article 18 to amend Annexes IV and V, rather than requiring the Commission merely to keep those Annexes under review and make legislative proposals to amend them.
The basis for adapting Annexes IV and V is changed to changes to the list of substances set out in Annexes I, II or III, whereas before it referred to changes to the list of substances in the Annexes to the Convention or the Protocol.
The scientific and technical progress ground for modifying existing entries in Annexes IV and V is expanded to expressly include developments in waste treatment and decontamination technologies or new scientific information on health and environmental impacts associated with a substance's presence in waste.
Cited: Art. 15, v1 · Art. 15, v2
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02019R1021-20251203 → 02019R1021-20260101
Article 15
Amendment of Annexes
1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18 to amend the Annexes I, II and III to this Regulation in order to adapt them to changes to the list of substances set out in the Annexes to the Convention or the Protocol, on the basis that the Union has supported the change concerned by means of a Council decision adopted in accordance with Article 218(9) TFEU, or to modify existing entries or provisions in Annexes I and II to this Regulation in order to adapt them to scientific and technical progress.
Whenever the Commission amends Annex I, II or III to this Regulation, it shall adopt a separate delegated act in respect of each substance.
2. The Commission shall keep is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 18, in order to amend Annexes IV and V under constant review and shall, where appropriate, make legislative proposals to amend these Annexes in order to adapt them to the changes to the list of substances set out in the Annexes to the Convention I, II or the Protocol III or to modify existing entries or provisions in the Annexes to this Regulation in order Annex IV and V to adapt them to scientific and technical progress. progress, including developments in waste treatment and decontamination technologies or new scientific information regarding health and environmental impacts associated with the presence of a substance in waste.