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ANNEX VU.K.WASTE SUBJECT TO THE EXPORT PROHIBITION IN ARTICLE 36

Part 1(1) U.K.

List A (Annex VIII to the Basel Convention)U.K.

A1METAL AND METAL BEARING WASTESU.K.

A1010Metal wastes and waste consisting of alloys of any of the following:U.K.

but excluding such wastes specifically listed on list B.

A1020Waste having as constituents or contaminants, excluding metal waste in massive form, any of the following:U.K.
A1030Wastes having as constituents or contaminants any of the following:U.K.
A1040Wastes having as constituents any of the following:U.K.
A1050Galvanic sludgesU.K.
A1060Waste liquors from the pickling of metalsU.K.
A1070Leaching residues from zinc processing, dust and sludges such as jarosite, hematite, etc.U.K.
A1080Waste zinc residues not included on list B, containing lead and cadmium in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristicsU.K.
A1090Ashes from the incineration of insulated copper wireU.K.
A1100Dusts and residues from gas cleaning systems of copper smeltersU.K.
A1110Spent electrolytic solutions from copper electrorefining and electrowinning operationsU.K.
A1120Waste sludges, excluding anode slimes, from electrolyte purification systems in copper electrorefining and electrowinning operationsU.K.
A1130Spent etching solutions containing dissolved copperU.K.
A1140Waste cupric chloride and copper cyanide catalystsU.K.
A1150Precious metal ash from incineration of printed circuit boards not included on list B(2) U.K.
A1160Waste lead-acid batteries, whole or crushedU.K.
A1170Unsorted waste batteries excluding mixtures of only list B batteries. Waste batteries not specified on list B containing Annex I constituents to an extent to render them hazardousU.K.
A1180Waste electrical and electronic assemblies or scrap(3) containing components such as accumulators and other batteries included on list A, mercury-switches, glass from cathode‐ray tubes and other activated glass and PCB-capacitors, or contaminated with Annex I constituents (e.g. cadmium, mercury, lead, polychlorinated biphenyl) to an extent that they possess any of the characteristics contained in Annex III (note the related entry on list B, B1110)(4) U.K.
A1190Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB(5), lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents, to the extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristicsU.K.

A2WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY INORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND ORGANIC MATERIALSU.K.

A2010Glass waste from cathode-ray tubes and other activated glassesU.K.
A2020Waste inorganic fluorine compounds in the form of liquids or sludges but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A2030Waste catalysts but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A2040Waste gypsum arising from chemical industry processes, when containing Annex I constituents to the extent that it exhibits an Annex III hazardous characteristic (note the related entry on list B, B2080)U.K.
A2050Waste asbestos (dusts and fibres)U.K.
A2060Coal-fired power plant fly-ash containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III characteristics (note the related entry on list B, B2050)U.K.

A3WASTES CONTAINING PRINCIPALLY ORGANIC CONSTITUENTS, WHICH MAY CONTAIN METALS AND INORGANIC MATERIALSU.K.

A3010Waste from the production or processing of petroleum coke and bitumenU.K.
A3020Waste mineral oils unfit for their originally intended useU.K.
A3030Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with leaded anti-knock compound sludgesU.K.
A3040Waste thermal (heat transfer) fluidsU.K.
A3050Wastes from production, formulation and use of resins, latex, plasticisers, glues/adhesives excluding such wastes specified on list B (note the related entry on list B, B4020)U.K.
A3060Waste nitrocelluloseU.K.
A3070Waste phenols, phenol compounds including chlorophenol in the form of liquids or sludgesU.K.
A3080Waste ethers not including those specified on list BU.K.
A3090Waste leather dust, ash, sludges and flours when containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B, B3100)U.K.
A3100Waste paring and other waste of leather or of composition leather not suitable for the manufacture of leather articles containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides (note the related entry on list B, B3090)U.K.
A3110Fellmongery wastes containing hexavalent chromium compounds or biocides or infectious substances (note the related entry on list B, B3110)U.K.
A3120Fluff — light fraction from shreddingU.K.
A3130Waste organic phosphorous compoundsU.K.
A3140Waste non-halogenated organic solvents but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A3150Waste halogenated organic solventsU.K.
A3160Waste halogenated or unhalogenated non-aqueous distillation residues arising from organic solvent recovery operationsU.K.
A3170Wastes arising from the production of aliphatic halogenated hydrocarbons (such as chloromethane, dichloro-ethane, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, allyl chloride and epichlorhydrin)U.K.
A3180Wastes, substances and articles containing, consisting of or contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), polychlorinated terphenyl (PCT), polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) or polybrominated biphenyl (PBB), or any other polybrominated analogues of these compounds, at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more(6) U.K.
A3190Waste tarry residues (excluding asphalt cements) arising from refining, distillation and any pyrolitic treatment of organic materialsU.K.
A3200Bituminous material (asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on list B B2130)U.K.
[F1A3210 Plastic waste, including mixtures of such wastes, containing or contaminated with Basel Convention, Annex I constituents to an extent that it exhibits a Basel Convention, Annex III characteristic.]U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Annex 5 Pt. 1 List A Section A3 entry A3210 inserted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 8(3)

A4WASTES WHICH MAY CONTAIN EITHER INORGANIC OR ORGANIC CONSTITUENTSU.K.

A4010Wastes from the production, preparation and use of pharmaceutical products but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A4020Clinical and related wastes; that is wastes arising from medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, or similar practices, and wastes generated in hospitals or other facilities during the investigation or treatment of patients, or research projectsU.K.
A4030Wastes from the production, formulation and use of biocides and phytopharmaceuticals, including waste pesticides and herbicides which are off-specification, out-dated(7), or unfit for their originally intended useU.K.
A4040Wastes from the manufacture, formulation and use of wood-preserving chemicals(8) U.K.
A4050Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any of the following:U.K.
A4060Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsionsU.K.
A4070Wastes from the production, formulation and use of inks, dyes, pigments, paints, lacquers, varnish excluding any such waste specified on list B (note the related entry on list B, B4010)U.K.
A4080Wastes of an explosive nature (but excluding such wastes specified on list B)U.K.
A4090Waste acidic or basic solutions, other than those specified in the corresponding entry on list B (note the related entry on list B, B2120)U.K.
A4100Wastes from industrial pollution control devices for cleaning of industrial off-gases but excluding such wastes specified on list BU.K.
A4110Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with any of the following:U.K.

Editorial Information

A4120Wastes that contain, consist of or are contaminated with peroxidesU.K.
A4130Waste packages and containers containing Annex I substances in concentrations sufficient to exhibit Annex III hazard characteristicsU.K.
A4140Waste consisting of or containing off-specification or out-dated(7) chemicals corresponding to Annex I categories and exhibiting Annex III hazard characteristicsU.K.
A4150Waste chemical substances arising from research and development or teaching activities which are not identified and/or are new and whose effects on human health and/or the environment are not knownU.K.
A4160Spent activated carbon not included on list B (note the related entry on list B, B2060)U.K.
(1)

References in Lists A and B to Annexes I, III and IV refer to Annexes of the Basel Convention.

(2)

Note that mirror entry on list B (B1160) does not specify exceptions.

(3)

This entry does not include scrap assemblies from electric power generation.

(4)

PCBs are at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more.

(5)

PCBs at a concentration level of 50mg/kg or more.

(6)

The 50 mg/kg level is considered to be an internationally practical level for all wastes. However, many individual countries have established lower regulatory levels (e.g. 20 mg/kg) for specific wastes.

(7)

‘Out-dated’ means unused within the period recommended by the manufacturer.

(8)

This entry does not include wood treated with wood-preserving chemicals.