42Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442 defines waste as ‘any substance or object in the categories set out in Annex I which the holder discards or intends ... to discard’. The annex clarifies and illustrates that definition by providing lists of substances and objects which can be classified as waste. However, the lists are only intended as guidance, and the classification of waste is to be inferred primarily from the holder's actions and the meaning of the term ‘discard’ (see to that effect Case C-129/96 Inter-Environnement Wallonie [1997] ECR I-7411, paragraph 26, and Case C-9/00 Palin Granit and Vehmassalon kansanterveystyön kuntayhtymän hallitus [2002] ECR I-3533, paragraph 22).
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