Landfill (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2013 (S.S.I. No. 222 of 2013).

The Regulations amend the Landfill (Scotland) Regulations 2003 so as to provide for a derogation from Article 5(3)(a) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste prohibits the storage of liquid waste in landfill by Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 on the banning of exports of metallic mercury and certain mercury compounds and mixtures and the safe storage of metallic mercury. Directive 2011/97/EU, which amends Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury. Regulation (EC) No 1102/2008 is also implemented as regards Scotland by regulation 3 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/766), which amends the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 1999 to bring sites used for the storage of metallic mercury pursuant to Article 3(1)(b) of the Mercury Regulation within the scope of application of the amended Regulations.