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Mr. Skinner
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment which member countries of the EEC have banned the direct burning of untreated waste oil.
Mr. Giles Shaw
Comprehensive information is not available, but I am aware that Italy, Germany and France have instituted controls of varying degrees of stringency. Burning is subject to a number of statutory controls in the United Kingdom. The European Commission has work in hand on a directive on this subject.