For the purposes of aligning the Cypriot legislative frame with the European Community Directives on waste from the titanium dioxide industry (Council Directives Nos. 78/176/EEC, 82/883/EEC and 92/112/EEC), the present Regulations are made pursuant to article 34 of the Water Pollution Control Law of 2002. The aim of these Regulations is to prevent and progressively reduce pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry with a view to the elimination of such pollution. The text of th