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Legislative Decree No. 209 implementing Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls

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Type of law
Legislation
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Abstract
The present Legislative Decree has been enacted to implement at national level Directive 96/59/EC which makes provision on the controlled disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (hereinafter PCBs ), the decontamination or disposal of equipment containing PCBs and the disposal of used PCBs in order to eliminate them completely. Article 2 hereto gives a number of definitions, including polychlorinated biphenyls as well as polychlorinated terphenyls . Article 4 requires the Regions and the Autonomous Provinces to adopt and transmit to the Ministry of the Environment their respective programmes for the disposal and decontamination of equipment containing PCBs.
Date of text
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 151, 30 June 1999
Source language

English

Legislation status
in force
Legislation Amendment
No