Legal provisions of COM(2011)299 - Amendment of Council Directive 1999/31/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Council Directive 1999/31/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as waste

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dossier COM(2011)299 - Amendment of Council Directive 1999/31/EC as regards specific criteria for the storage of metallic mercury considered as ...
document COM(2011)299 EN
date December  5, 2011

Contents

Article 1

Annexes I, II and III to Directive 1999/31/EC are hereby amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 15 March 2013. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.