Amendments to Annexes VIII and IX of the Convention
(a) New entry A 1190 in Annex VIII:
Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics containing or contaminated with coal tar, PCB1, lead, cadmium, other organohalogen compounds or other Annex I constituents to an extent that they exhibit Annex III characteristics;
(b) New entry B 1115 in Annex IX:
Waste metal cables coated or insulated with plastics, not included in list A A1190, excluding those destined for Annex IVA operations or any other disposal operations involving, at any stage, uncontrolled thermal processes, such as open-burning.
1 PCBs are at a concentration level of 50 mg/kg or more.