L 370/44 Official Journal of the European Union 30.12.2014 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/955/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (), and in particular Article 7(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) A Union list of hazardous waste (hereafter ‘list of waste’) was established by Council Decision 94/904/EC (3), and that Decision has been replaced by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC (¥). () Directive 2008/98/EC provides that the attribution of the hazardous properties H 4, H 5, H 6, H 7, H 8, H 10, H 11 and H 14 is to be made on the basis of the criteria laid down by Annex VI to Council Directive 67/548/EEC (). (3)  Directive 67/548/EEC has been replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (’) with effect from 1 June 2015, reflecting technical and scientific progress. By way of derogation, Directive 67/548/EEC may apply to some mixtures until 1 June 2017, in case they were classified, labelled and packaged in accordance with Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council () and already placed on the market before 1 June 2015. (4)  Requirements of Decision 2000/532/EC for the classification of wastes as hazardous regarding the hazardous properties H 3 to H 8, H 10 and H 11 need to be adapted to technical and scientific progress and aligned with the new legislation on chemicals, where appropriate. These requirements have been included in Annex III to Dir- ective 2008/98/EC. (5)  The Annex to Decision 2000/532/EC establishing the list of waste needs to be amended to align it with the termi- nology used in Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. It is appropriate to refer to Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 () or other internationally recognised test methods and guidelines when the attribution of hazar- dous properties is conducted by performing a test. () OJL312,22.11.2008, p. 3. (%) Council Decision 94/904/EC of 22 December 1994 establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (O] L 356, 31.12.1994, p. 14). (®) Commission Decision 2000/532/EC of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (O] L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3). (*) Council Directive 67/548EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (0] 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1). () Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ofp 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1). () Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regula- tions and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1). () Council Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) (O] L 142, 31.5.2008, p. 1).