53It would not be justified at all to make goods, substances or products, which the holder intends to exploit or market on economically advantageous terms whether or not there is to be a subsequent recovery process, subject to the provisions of Directive 2006/12, which seek to ensure that recovery and disposal operations will be carried out without endangering human health and without using processes or methods which could harm the environment. However, having regard to the requirement to interpret the concept of ‘waste’ widely, the reasoning should be confined to situations in which the reuse of the goods or substance in question is not a mere possibility but a certainty, which it is for the referring court to ascertain, without the necessity of using any of the waste recovery processes referred to in Annex II B to Directive 2006/12 prior to reuse (see, by analogy, Palin Granit and Vehmassalon kansanterveystyön kuntayhtymän hallitus, paragraph 36, and Case C‑114/01 AvestaPolarit Chrome [2003] ECR I‑8725, paragraph 36).
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