On 15/08/2018 20:07, tim... wrote:


"Nightjar" wrote in message
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On 15/08/2018 16:04, Peter Parry wrote:
On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:26:53 +0100, Nightjar
wrote:

On 15/08/2018 12:03, wrote:
Sorry to be a pain but I was talkingÂ* to someone this moring who
said that the EU ( them again!) were changing the rules on Septic
Tanks.

Not the EU, but our own Environment Agency, so Brexit won't stop the
rules coming into effect from 2020.

The EA had no choice in the matter.Â* The Waste Framework Directive is
a European Union DirectiveÂ* -

DIRECTIVE 2008/98/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives

Which was supported by the UK.

willingly, or because it was obvious that they couldn't form a blocking
majority

Member states are free to oppose any proposed legislation, whether they
can raise a blocking majority or not. The UK has done so about 2% of the
time in votes this century. However, there will be no moves to repeal
amend or revoke this particular legislation after Brexit, so it
evidently has the full support of the UK and of the Environment Agency
in particular.

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Colin Bignell