Environment

#TREP1835243AOrder of December 31, 2018, Implementing Articles 266 Sexies and 266 Nonies of the Customs Code

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The arrêté specifies the conditions under which certain types of waste can be exempt from pollution taxes under specific articles of the French Customs Code. It defines eligible waste types and stipulates conditions for their storage or transfer, emphasizing that these wastes must be properly separated and not mixed with non-eligible waste. Additionally, it provides guidelines on compliance deadlines for operators and assigns responsibilities for enforcement of these regulations.

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Key Changes

  • Explicit conditions for tax exemption on designated waste types
  • Definition of eligible waste materials until the end of 2021
  • Compliance timeline for operators regarding measurement instruments

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Operators must ensure eligible waste is received only at authorized waste storage facilities under Title I, Book V of the Environmental Code, or transferred to such facilities in another EU State

Waste storage facility operators and waste handlers
operational
high

Operators must verify that waste claimed for pollution tax exemption originates from separate collection or sorting and has not been intentionally mixed with non-eligible waste

Waste storage facility operators and waste handlers
operational
medium

Until December 31, 2021, healthcare waste at risk of infection (classified under articles 1° and 2° of article R. 1335-1 of the Public Health Code) is eligible for tax exemption if conditions in Article 1 are met

Healthcare facilities and waste handlers managing infectious healthcare waste
licensing
medium

Until December 31, 2021, waste containing persistent organic pollutants listed in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No. 850/2004 above specified concentration thresholds is eligible for tax exemption if conditions in Article 1 are met

Operators handling waste containing persistent organic pollutants
licensing
medium

Creosote-treated wood waste as defined in the Order of December 18, 2018 on creosote restrictions is eligible for tax exemption if conditions in Article 1 are met

Wood treatment operators and waste handlers managing creosote-treated wood
licensing

Affected Parties

waste management companiesenvironmental regulatory authorities

Tags

waste management,environmental taxation,compliance