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 the regulations lays down the procedures for carrying out surveillance and monitoring of the effects on the environment of the storage, discharge and dumping of titanium dioxide waste. Also, it lays down procedures for harmonising the programmes for the reduction and elimination of pollution caused by titanium dioxide waste from existing industrial plants. It prohibits the discharge, dumping, storage, tipping and injection of titanium dioxide waste unless prior authorisation is issued by the competent authority (the Minister). Granting authorisations shall be done only in accordance with specified conditions set forth in the Annexes to these Regulations.