# C_2023132EN.01013901.xml

| 14.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 132/139 |
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14.4.2023

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 132/139

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P9_TA(2022)0342

Amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution of 4 October 2022 on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants (COM(2021)0656 — C9-0396/2021 — 2021/0340(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

(2023/C 132/24)

The European Parliament,

| — | having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0656), |
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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2021)0656),

| — | having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0396/2021), |
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having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C9-0396/2021),

| — | having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 8 December 2021 (1), |
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having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 8 December 2021 (1),

| — | after consulting the Committee of the Regions, |
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after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

| — | having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 29 June 2022 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committee responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure and the undertaking given by the Council representative by letter of 29 June 2022 to approve Parliament’s position, in accordance with Article 294(4) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 59 of its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0092/2022), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A9-0092/2022),

| 1. | Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out (2); |
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| 2. | Takes note of the statement by the Commission annexed to this resolution; |
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| 3. | Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal; |
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| 4. | Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments. |
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(1)  OJ C 152, 6.4.2022, p. 197.

(2)  This position replaces the amendments adopted on 3 May 2022 (Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0130).

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P9_TC1-COD(2021)0340

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 4 October 2022 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2022/... of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants

(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2022/2400.)

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ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Commission statement

Commission statement on the occasion of the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2022/2400 (1)
  , on inclusion of waste code 17 05 04‘soil and stones other than those mentioned in 17 05 03’ in part 2 of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021

The inclusion in part 2 of Annex V of the waste code for ‘soils and stones other than those mentioned in 170503’ should not be understood to favour disposal of soil as waste over remediation in view of preventing waste generation.

Where disposal offers the best environmental waste management option, the exceptional derogation from destructive treatment is subject to the requirements of Article 7(4) of the Regulation (EU) 2019/1021.

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(1)  Regulation (EU) 2022/2400 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 317, 9.12.2022, p. 24).

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