The purpose of this Act is also to give effect in the law of Gibraltar to Council Directive 96/59/EC on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls. (European Union legislation here directly involved: Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste; and Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls).