Without prejudice to Directive 75/442/EEC Member States may declare at their own option, that the deposit of non-hazardous waste, to be defined by the committee established under Article 17 of this Directive, other than inert waste, resulting from prospecting and extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources as well as from the operation of quarries and which are deposited in a manner preventing environmental pollution or harm to human health, can be exempted from the provisions in Annex I, points 2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of this Directive.
Brez vpliva na Direktivo 75/442/EGS lahko države članice po lastni izbiri izjavijo, da se odlaganje nenevarnih odpadkov, kot ga opredeli odbor, ustanovljen po členu 17 te direktive, ki niso inertni odpadki ter nastajajo pri raziskovanju, izkoriščanju, obdelavi in skladiščenju mineralnih surovin in v kamnolomih in ki se odlagajo tako, da se preprečuje onesnaževanje okolja ali nevarnost za zdravje ljudi, lahko izvzame iz predpisov Priloge I v točkah 2, 3.1, 3.2 in 3.3 k tej direktivi.