Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (Text with EEA relevance).

For the full text, in the languages of the EU, refer to OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3–30 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

Current consolidated version: 05/07/2018


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Three relevant conventions:


This directive (should be) cited in the technical work on the EU Taxonomy which is the object of #ffsi - A framework to facilitate sustainable investment (EU) 2020/852.


Relevant function of government: #cofog0510 - Waste management (CS).