On Monday 1st May, Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and the Council dated 15th March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries (“the Directive”), became European law.  There now ensues a two year transition period, during which some complex provisions of the Directive have to be worked out ahead of the deadline for national transposition on 1st May 2008.

 

This Briefing provides a reasonably comprehensive feature on the May 2006 EU Directive on “extractive waste”.