# Official Journal C 71E/2008

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ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 71E

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5118 March 2008

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| 2008/C 071E/01 | Common Position (EC) No 3/2008 of 20 December 2007 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and 2000/60/EC | 1 |
| 2008/C 071E/02 | Common Position (EC) No 4/2008 of 20 December 2007 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives | 16 |

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2008/C 071E/01

Common Position (EC) No 3/2008 of 20 December 2007 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and 2000/60/EC

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2008/C 071E/02

Common Position (EC) No 4/2008 of 20 December 2007 adopted by the Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, with a view to the adoption of a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives

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COMMON POSITION (EC) No 3/2008

adopted by the Council on 20 December 2007

with a view to the adopting Directive 2008/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and 2000/60/EC

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THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

| (1) | Chemical pollution of surface water presents a threat to the aquatic environment with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms, accumulation in the ecosystem and losses of habitats and biodiversity, as well as threats to human health. As a matter of priority, causes of pollution should be identified and emissions should be dealt with at source, in the most economically and environmentally effective manner. |
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(1)

Chemical pollution of surface water presents a threat to the aquatic environment with effects such as acute and chronic toxicity to aquatic organisms, accumulation in the ecosystem and losses of habitats and biodiversity, as well as threats to human health. As a matter of priority, causes of pollution should be identified and emissions should be dealt with at source, in the most economically and environmentally effective manner.

| (2) | Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (3) states that environment and health and quality of life are key environmental priorities of that Programme, highlighting in particular the need to establish more specific legislation in the field of water policy. |
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(2)

Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (3) states that environment and health and quality of life are key environmental priorities of that Programme, highlighting in particular the need to establish more specific legislation in the field of water policy.

| (3) | Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (4) lays down a strategy against pollution of water and requires further specific measures for pollution control and environmental quality standards (EQS). This Directive lays down EQS in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC. |
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(3)

Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (4) lays down a strategy against pollution of water and requires further specific measures for pollution control and environmental quality standards (EQS). This Directive lays down EQS in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Directive 2000/60/EC.

| (4) | In accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and in particular paragraph 1, point (a), Member States should implement the necessary measures in accordance with Article 16(1) and (8) of that Directive, with the aim of progressively reducing pollution from priority substances and ceasing or phasing out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances. |
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(4)

In accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and in particular paragraph 1, point (a), Member States should implement the necessary measures in accordance with Article 16(1) and (8) of that Directive, with the aim of progressively reducing pollution from priority substances and ceasing or phasing out emissions, discharges and losses of priority hazardous substances.

| (5) | Numerous Community acts have been adopted since 2000 which constitute emission control measures in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC for individual priority substances. Moreover, many environmental protection measures fall under the scope of other existing Community legislation. Therefore priority should be given to implementation and revision of existing instruments rather than establishing new controls. |
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(5)

Numerous Community acts have been adopted since 2000 which constitute emission control measures in accordance with Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC for individual priority substances. Moreover, many environmental protection measures fall under the scope of other existing Community legislation. Therefore priority should be given to implementation and revision of existing instruments rather than establishing new controls.

| (6) | As regards emission controls of priority substances from point and diffuse sources as referred to in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, it seems more cost-effective and proportionate for Member States to include, where necessary, in addition to the implementation of other existing Community legislation, appropriate control measures, pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in the programme of measures to be developed for each river basin district in accordance with Article 11 of that Directive. |
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(6)

As regards emission controls of priority substances from point and diffuse sources as referred to in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, it seems more cost-effective and proportionate for Member States to include, where necessary, in addition to the implementation of other existing Community legislation, appropriate control measures, pursuant to Article 10 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in the programme of measures to be developed for each river basin district in accordance with Article 11 of that Directive.

| (7) | Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (5) sets out the first list of 33 substances or groups of substances that have been prioritised for action at Community level. Among those priority substances, certain substances have been identified as priority hazardous substances for which Member States should implement necessary measures with the aim of ceasing or phasing out emissions, discharges and losses. Some substances were under review and should be classified. The Commission should continue to review the list of priority substances, prioritising substances for action on the basis of agreed criteria that demonstrate the risk to, or via, the aquatic environment, in accordance with the timetable provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and bring forward proposals as appropriate. |
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(7)

Decision No 2455/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2001 establishing the list of priority substances in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC (5) sets out the first list of 33 substances or groups of substances that have been prioritised for action at Community level. Among those priority substances, certain substances have been identified as priority hazardous substances for which Member States should implement necessary measures with the aim of ceasing or phasing out emissions, discharges and losses. Some substances were under review and should be classified. The Commission should continue to review the list of priority substances, prioritising substances for action on the basis of agreed criteria that demonstrate the risk to, or via, the aquatic environment, in accordance with the timetable provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC, and bring forward proposals as appropriate.

| (8) | From the point of view of Community interest and for a more effective regulation of surface water protection, it is appropriate to set up EQS for pollutants classified as priority substances at Community level and to leave it to Member States to lay down, where necessary, rules for remaining pollutants at national level, subject to the application of relevant Community rules. Nonetheless, eight pollutants which fall under the scope of Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC (6), and which form part of the group of substances for which Member States should implement measures with the aim of achieving good chemical status by 2015, subject to Articles 2 and 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, were not included in the list of priority substances. However, the common standards established for those pollutants proved to be useful and it is appropriate to maintain their regulation at Community level. |
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(8)

From the point of view of Community interest and for a more effective regulation of surface water protection, it is appropriate to set up EQS for pollutants classified as priority substances at Community level and to leave it to Member States to lay down, where necessary, rules for remaining pollutants at national level, subject to the application of relevant Community rules. Nonetheless, eight pollutants which fall under the scope of Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC (6), and which form part of the group of substances for which Member States should implement measures with the aim of achieving good chemical status by 2015, subject to Articles 2 and 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, were not included in the list of priority substances. However, the common standards established for those pollutants proved to be useful and it is appropriate to maintain their regulation at Community level.

| (9) | Consequently, the provisions concerning current environmental quality objectives laid down in Council Directive 82/176/EEC of 22 March 1982 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (7), Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges (8), Council Directive 84/156/EEC of 8 March 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by sectors other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (9), Council Directive 84/491/EEC of 9 October 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of hexachlorocyclohexane (10) and Directive 86/280/EEC will become superfluous and should be deleted. |
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(9)

Consequently, the provisions concerning current environmental quality objectives laid down in Council Directive 82/176/EEC of 22 March 1982 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (7), Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges (8), Council Directive 84/156/EEC of 8 March 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by sectors other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry (9), Council Directive 84/491/EEC of 9 October 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of hexachlorocyclohexane (10) and Directive 86/280/EEC will become superfluous and should be deleted.

| (10) | The aquatic environment can be affected by chemical pollution both in the short term and in the long term, and therefore both acute and chronic effects data should be used as the basis for establishing the EQS. In order to ensure that the aquatic environment and human health are adequately protected, EQS expressed as an annual average value should be established at a level providing protection against long-term exposure, and maximum allowable concentrations should be established to protect against short term exposure. |
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(10)

The aquatic environment can be affected by chemical pollution both in the short term and in the long term, and therefore both acute and chronic effects data should be used as the basis for establishing the EQS. In order to ensure that the aquatic environment and human health are adequately protected, EQS expressed as an annual average value should be established at a level providing protection against long-term exposure, and maximum allowable concentrations should be established to protect against short term exposure.

| (11) | In accordance with the rules set out in Section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, when monitoring compliance with the EQS, including those expressed as maximum allowable concentrations, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to deal with outliers (extreme deviations from the mean) and false readings in order to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision. To ensure the comparability of monitoring between Member States, it is appropriate to provide for the establishment of detailed rules for such statistical methods through committee procedure. |
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(11)

In accordance with the rules set out in Section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, when monitoring compliance with the EQS, including those expressed as maximum allowable concentrations, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to deal with outliers (extreme deviations from the mean) and false readings in order to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision. To ensure the comparability of monitoring between Member States, it is appropriate to provide for the establishment of detailed rules for such statistical methods through committee procedure.

| (12) | The establishment of EQS values at Community level should, at this stage, for the majority of substances be limited to surface water only. However, as regards hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene and mercury, it is not possible to ensure protection against indirect effects and secondary poisoning at Community level by EQS for surface water alone. It is therefore appropriate to establish EQS for biota at Community level for those three substances. To allow Member States flexibility depending on their monitoring strategy, they should be able either to monitor and apply those EQS for biota, or to establish stricter EQS for surface water providing the same level of protection. |
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(12)

The establishment of EQS values at Community level should, at this stage, for the majority of substances be limited to surface water only. However, as regards hexachlorobenzene, hexachlorobutadiene and mercury, it is not possible to ensure protection against indirect effects and secondary poisoning at Community level by EQS for surface water alone. It is therefore appropriate to establish EQS for biota at Community level for those three substances. To allow Member States flexibility depending on their monitoring strategy, they should be able either to monitor and apply those EQS for biota, or to establish stricter EQS for surface water providing the same level of protection.

| (13) | Furthermore, Member States should be able to establish EQS for sediment and/or biota at national level and apply those EQS instead of the EQS for water set out in this Directive. Such EQS should be established through a transparent procedure involving notifications to the Commission and other Member States so as to ensure a level of protection equivalent to the EQS for water set up at Community level. The Commission should summarise these notifications in its reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC. Moreover, as sediment and biota remain important matrices for the monitoring of certain substances by Member States, in order to assess long term impacts of anthropogenic activity and trends, Member States should take measures, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, with the aim of ensuring that existing levels of contamination in biota and sediments will not significantly increase. |
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(13)

Furthermore, Member States should be able to establish EQS for sediment and/or biota at national level and apply those EQS instead of the EQS for water set out in this Directive. Such EQS should be established through a transparent procedure involving notifications to the Commission and other Member States so as to ensure a level of protection equivalent to the EQS for water set up at Community level. The Commission should summarise these notifications in its reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/60/EC. Moreover, as sediment and biota remain important matrices for the monitoring of certain substances by Member States, in order to assess long term impacts of anthropogenic activity and trends, Member States should take measures, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, with the aim of ensuring that existing levels of contamination in biota and sediments will not significantly increase.

| (14) | Member States have to comply with Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (11) and manage the surface water bodies used for abstraction of drinking water in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2000/60/EC. This Directive should therefore be implemented without prejudice to those requirements which may require more stringent standards. |
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(14)

Member States have to comply with Council Directive 98/83/EC of 3 November 1998 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (11) and manage the surface water bodies used for abstraction of drinking water in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2000/60/EC. This Directive should therefore be implemented without prejudice to those requirements which may require more stringent standards.

| (15) | In the vicinity of discharges from point sources concentrations of pollutants are usually higher than the ambient concentrations in water. Therefore, Member States should be able to make use of mixing zones, so long as they do not affect the compliance of the rest of the body of surface water with the relevant EQS. The extent of mixing zones should be restricted to the proximity of the point of discharge and be proportionate. |
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(15)

In the vicinity of discharges from point sources concentrations of pollutants are usually higher than the ambient concentrations in water. Therefore, Member States should be able to make use of mixing zones, so long as they do not affect the compliance of the rest of the body of surface water with the relevant EQS. The extent of mixing zones should be restricted to the proximity of the point of discharge and be proportionate.

| (16) | It is necessary to check compliance with the objectives for cessation or phase-out, and reduction, as specified in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and to make the assessment of compliance with these obligations transparent, in particular as regards the consideration of significant emissions, discharges and losses as a result of human activities. Further, a timetable for cessation or phase-out, and reduction, can only be related to an inventory. It should be also possible to assess the application of Article 4(4) to (7) of Directive 2000/60/EC. An appropriate tool is likewise needed for quantification of losses of substances occurring naturally, or resulting from natural processes, in which case complete cessation or phase out from all potential sources is impossible. In order to meet those needs, each Member State should establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses for each river basin district or part of a river basin district in its territory. |
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(16)

It is necessary to check compliance with the objectives for cessation or phase-out, and reduction, as specified in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2000/60/EC, and to make the assessment of compliance with these obligations transparent, in particular as regards the consideration of significant emissions, discharges and losses as a result of human activities. Further, a timetable for cessation or phase-out, and reduction, can only be related to an inventory. It should be also possible to assess the application of Article 4(4) to (7) of Directive 2000/60/EC. An appropriate tool is likewise needed for quantification of losses of substances occurring naturally, or resulting from natural processes, in which case complete cessation or phase out from all potential sources is impossible. In order to meet those needs, each Member State should establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses for each river basin district or part of a river basin district in its territory.

| (17) | In order to avoid duplication of work by establishing those inventories and to ensure the coherence of those inventories with other existing tools in the area of surface water protection, Member States should use information collected under Directive 2000/60/EC and under Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (12). |
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(17)

In order to avoid duplication of work by establishing those inventories and to ensure the coherence of those inventories with other existing tools in the area of surface water protection, Member States should use information collected under Directive 2000/60/EC and under Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (12).

| (18) | In order better to reflect their needs, Member States should be able to choose an appropriate 1-year reference period for measuring the basic entries of the inventory. However, account should be taken of the fact that the losses from the application of pesticides may vary considerably from one year to another because of different application rates, for example because of different climatic conditions. Therefore, Member States should be able to opt for a 3-year reference period for certain substances covered by Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (13). |
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(18)

In order better to reflect their needs, Member States should be able to choose an appropriate 1-year reference period for measuring the basic entries of the inventory. However, account should be taken of the fact that the losses from the application of pesticides may vary considerably from one year to another because of different application rates, for example because of different climatic conditions. Therefore, Member States should be able to opt for a 3-year reference period for certain substances covered by Council Directive 91/414/EEC of 15 July 1991 concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market (13).

| (19) | In order to optimise the use of the inventory, it is appropriate to fix a deadline for the Commission to verify that emissions, discharges and losses are making progress towards compliance with the objectives set out in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2000/60/EC, subject to Article 4(4) and (5) of that Directive. |
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(19)

In order to optimise the use of the inventory, it is appropriate to fix a deadline for the Commission to verify that emissions, discharges and losses are making progress towards compliance with the objectives set out in Article 4(1)(a) of Directive 2000/60/EC, subject to Article 4(4) and (5) of that Directive.

| (20) | Several Member States are affected by pollution the source of which lies outside their national jurisdiction. It is therefore appropriate to make clear that a Member State would not be in breach of its obligations under this Directive as a result of the exceedance of an EQS due to such transboundary pollution provided that certain conditions were met and that it had taken advantage, as appropriate, of the relevant provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC. |
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(20)

Several Member States are affected by pollution the source of which lies outside their national jurisdiction. It is therefore appropriate to make clear that a Member State would not be in breach of its obligations under this Directive as a result of the exceedance of an EQS due to such transboundary pollution provided that certain conditions were met and that it had taken advantage, as appropriate, of the relevant provisions of Directive 2000/60/EC.

| (21) | On the basis of reports from Member States, the Commission should review the need for additional specific Community-wide measures and, if appropriate, make relevant proposals. |
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(21)

On the basis of reports from Member States, the Commission should review the need for additional specific Community-wide measures and, if appropriate, make relevant proposals.

| (22) | Criteria for identification of substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as substances of other equivalent concern, notably very persistent and very bioaccumulative, as referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, are established in the Technical Guidance Document for Risk Assessment in support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC of 20 July 1993 laying down the principles for assessment of risks to man and the environment of substances notified in accordance with Council Directive 67/548/EEC (14), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 of 28 June 1994 laying down the principles for the assessment of risks to man and the environment of existing substances in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 (15) and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (16). To ensure consistency of Community legislation, only those criteria should be applied to the substances under review according to Decision No 2455/2001/EC, and Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC should be replaced accordingly. |
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(22)

Criteria for identification of substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, as well as substances of other equivalent concern, notably very persistent and very bioaccumulative, as referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, are established in the Technical Guidance Document for Risk Assessment in support of Commission Directive 93/67/EEC of 20 July 1993 laying down the principles for assessment of risks to man and the environment of substances notified in accordance with Council Directive 67/548/EEC (14), Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 of 28 June 1994 laying down the principles for the assessment of risks to man and the environment of existing substances in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 (15) and Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market (16). To ensure consistency of Community legislation, only those criteria should be applied to the substances under review according to Decision No 2455/2001/EC, and Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC should be replaced accordingly.

| (23) | The obligations laid down in the Directives listed in Annex IX to Directive 2000/60/EC are already incorporated in Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (17) and in Directive 2000/60/EC and, at least, the same level of protection is guaranteed if the EQS are maintained or reviewed. In order to ensure a consistent approach to chemical pollution of surface waters and to simplify and clarify the existing Community legislation in that area, it is appropriate to repeal, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC, with effect from 22 December 2012, Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC. |
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(23)

The obligations laid down in the Directives listed in Annex IX to Directive 2000/60/EC are already incorporated in Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (17) and in Directive 2000/60/EC and, at least, the same level of protection is guaranteed if the EQS are maintained or reviewed. In order to ensure a consistent approach to chemical pollution of surface waters and to simplify and clarify the existing Community legislation in that area, it is appropriate to repeal, pursuant to Directive 2000/60/EC, with effect from 22 December 2012, Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC.

| (24) | The recommendations referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular those of the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment, have been considered. |
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(24)

The recommendations referred to in Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular those of the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment, have been considered.

| (25) | In accordance with paragraph 34 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on better law-making (18), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interests of the Community, their own tables illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures, and to make them public. |
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(25)

In accordance with paragraph 34 of the Interinstitutional Agreement on better law-making (18), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interests of the Community, their own tables illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures, and to make them public.

| (26) | Since the objective of this Directive, namely the achieving of good surface water chemical status by laying down EQS for priority substances and certain other pollutants, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of maintaining the same level of protection of surface water throughout the Community, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective. |
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(26)

Since the objective of this Directive, namely the achieving of good surface water chemical status by laying down EQS for priority substances and certain other pollutants, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reason of maintaining the same level of protection of surface water throughout the Community, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

| (27) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted inaccordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (19). |
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(27)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted inaccordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (19).

| (28) | In particular, the Commission should be empowered to amend point 3 of part B of Annex I. Since that measure is of general scope and is designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, or to supplement it by the addition of new non-essential elements, it must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC, |
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(28)

In particular, the Commission should be empowered to amend point 3 of part B of Annex I. Since that measure is of general scope and is designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, or to supplement it by the addition of new non-essential elements, it must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Subject matter

With the aim of achieving good surface water chemical status and in accordance with the provisions and objectives of Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, this Directive lays down environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances and certain other pollutants as provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

Article 2

Definitions

The definitions laid down in Directive 2000/60/EC shall apply for the purposes of this Directive.

Article 3

Environmental quality standards

1.   In accordance with Article 1 of this Directive and Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States shall apply the EQS laid down in Annex I, Part A, to this Directive in bodies of surface water.

Member States shall apply the EQS in bodies of surface water in accordance with the requirements laid down in Annex I, Part B.

2.   Member States may opt to apply EQS for sediment and/or biota instead of those laid down in Annex I, Part A, in certain categories of surface water. Member States that apply this option shall:

| (a) | apply, for mercury and its compounds, an EQS of 20 μg/kg, and/or for hexachlorobenzene, an EQS of 10 μg/kg, and/or for hexachlorobutadiene, an EQS of 55 μg/kg, these EQS being for prey tissue (wet weight), choosing the most appropriate indicator from among fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other biota; |
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(a)

apply, for mercury and its compounds, an EQS of 20 μg/kg, and/or for hexachlorobenzene, an EQS of 10 μg/kg, and/or for hexachlorobutadiene, an EQS of 55 μg/kg, these EQS being for prey tissue (wet weight), choosing the most appropriate indicator from among fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other biota;

| (b) | establish and apply EQS other than those mentioned in point (a) for sediment and/or biota for specified substances. These EQS shall offer at least the same level of protection as the EQS for water set out in Annex I, Part A; |
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(b)

establish and apply EQS other than those mentioned in point (a) for sediment and/or biota for specified substances. These EQS shall offer at least the same level of protection as the EQS for water set out in Annex I, Part A;

| (c) | determine, for the substances mentioned in points (a) and (b), the frequency of monitoring in biota and/or sediment. However, monitoring shall take place at least once every year, unless technical knowledge and expert judgment justify another interval; and |
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(c)

determine, for the substances mentioned in points (a) and (b), the frequency of monitoring in biota and/or sediment. However, monitoring shall take place at least once every year, unless technical knowledge and expert judgment justify another interval; and

| (d) | notify the Commission and other Member States, through the Committee referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2000/60/EC, of the substances for which EQS have been established in accordance with point (b), the reasons and basis for using this approach, the alternative EQS established, including the data and the methodology by which they were derived, the categories of surface water to which they would apply, and the frequency of monitoring planned, together with the justification for that frequency. |
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(d)

notify the Commission and other Member States, through the Committee referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2000/60/EC, of the substances for which EQS have been established in accordance with point (b), the reasons and basis for using this approach, the alternative EQS established, including the data and the methodology by which they were derived, the categories of surface water to which they would apply, and the frequency of monitoring planned, together with the justification for that frequency.

The Commission shall include a summary of notifications pursuant to point (d) above and to note (viii) to Annex I, Part A, in the reports published in accordance with Article 18 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

3.   Member States shall arrange for the long-term trend analysis of concentrations of those priority substances listed in Annex I, Part A, that tend to accumulate in sediment and/or biota (giving particular consideration to substances numbers 2, 5, 6, 7, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 26, 28 and 30) on the basis of monitoring of water status carried out in accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC. They shall take measures aimed at ensuring, subject to Article 4 of Directive 2000/60/EC, that such concentrations do not significantly increase in sediment and/or relevant biota.

Member States shall determine the frequency of monitoring in sediment and/or biota so as to provide sufficient data for a reliable long-term trend analysis. As a guideline, monitoring should take place every three years, unless technical knowledge and expert judgment justify another interval.

4.   The Commission shall examine technical and scientific progress, including the conclusion of risk assessments as referred to in Article 16(2)(a) and (b) of Directive 2000/60/EC and information from the registration of substances made publicly available according to Article 119 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and, if necessary, propose that the EQS laid down in Part A of Annex I to this Directive be revised in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty in line with the timetable provided for in Article 16(4) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

5.   Point 3 of Part B of Annex I to this Directive may be amended in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Article 4

Mixing zones

1.   Member States may designate mixing zones adjacent to points of discharge. Concentrations of one or more pollutants within such mixing zones may exceed the relevant EQS if they do not affect the compliance of the rest of the body of surface water with those standards.

2.   Member States that designate mixing zones shall include a description of the approaches and methodologies applied to derive such zones in river basin management plans produced in accordance with Article 13 of Directive 2000/60/EC.

3.   Member States that designate mixing zones shall ensure that the extent of any such zone is:

| (a) | restricted to the proximity of the point of discharge; |
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(a)

restricted to the proximity of the point of discharge;

| (b) | proportionate, having regard to the concentrations of pollutants at the point of discharge and to the conditions on emissions of pollutants contained in the prior regulations, such as authorisations and/or permits, referred to in Article 11(3)(g) of Directive 2000/60/EC and any other relevant Community law, in accordance with the application of best available techniques and Article 10 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular after those prior regulations are reviewed. |
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(b)

proportionate, having regard to the concentrations of pollutants at the point of discharge and to the conditions on emissions of pollutants contained in the prior regulations, such as authorisations and/or permits, referred to in Article 11(3)(g) of Directive 2000/60/EC and any other relevant Community law, in accordance with the application of best available techniques and Article 10 of Directive 2000/60/EC, in particular after those prior regulations are reviewed.

Article 5

Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses

1.   Using the information collected in accordance with Articles 5 and 8 of Directive 2000/60/EC and under Regulation (EC) No 166/2006, Member States shall establish an inventory of emissions, discharges and losses of all priority substances and pollutants listed in Part A of Annex I to this Directive for each river basin district or part of a river basin district lying within their territory.

2.   The reference period for the estimation of pollutant values to be entered in the inventories referred to in paragraph 1 shall be one year between 2008 and 2010.

However, for priority substances or pollutants covered by Directive 91/414/EEC, the entries may be calculated as the average of the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

3.   Member States shall communicate the inventories established pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article, including the respective reference periods, to the Commission in accordance with the reporting requirements under Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

4.   Member States shall update their inventories as part of the reviews of the analyses specified in Article 5(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

The reference period for the establishment of values in the updated inventories shall be the year before that analysis is to be completed. For priority substances or pollutants covered by Directive 91/414/EEC, the entries may be calculated as the average of the three years before the completion of that analysis.

Member States shall publish the updated inventories in their updated river basin management plans as laid down in Article 13(7) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

5.   The Commission shall, by 2025, verify that emissions, discharges and losses as reflected in the inventory are making progress towards compliance with the reduction or cessation objectives laid down in Article 4(1)(a)(iv) of Directive 2000/60/EC, subject to Article 4(4) and (5) of that Directive.

Article 6

Transboundary pollution

1.   A Member State shall not be in breach of its obligations under this Directive as a result of the exceedance of an EQS if it can demonstrate that:

| (a) | the exceedance was due to a source of pollution outside its national jurisdiction; |
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(a)

the exceedance was due to a source of pollution outside its national jurisdiction;

| (b) | it was unable as a result of such transboundary pollution to take effective measures to comply with the relevant EQS; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

it was unable as a result of such transboundary pollution to take effective measures to comply with the relevant EQS; and

| (c) | it had applied the coordination mechanisms set out in Article 3 of Directive 2000/60/EC and, as appropriate, taken advantage of the provisions of Article 4(4), (5) and (6) of that Directive for those water bodies affected by transboundary pollution. |
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(c)

it had applied the coordination mechanisms set out in Article 3 of Directive 2000/60/EC and, as appropriate, taken advantage of the provisions of Article 4(4), (5) and (6) of that Directive for those water bodies affected by transboundary pollution.

2.   Member States shall use the mechanism laid down in Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC to provide the Commission with necessary information in the circumstances set out in paragraph 1 of this Article and with a summary of the measures taken in relation to transboundary pollution in the relevant river basin management plan in accordance with the reporting requirements under Article 15(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

Article 7

Review

On the basis of reports from Member States, including reports in accordance with Article 12 of Directive 2000/60/EC and in particular those on transboundary pollution, the Commission shall review the need for additional specific Community-wide measures, such as emission controls. It shall report its conclusions to the European Parliament and to the Council in the context of the report prepared in accordance with Article 18(1) of Directive 2000/60/EC, accompanied, if appropriate, by relevant proposals.

Article 8

Amendment of Directive 2000/60/EC

Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC shall be replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this Directive.

Article 9

Amendment of Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC

1.   Annex II to Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC and 84/491/EEC respectively shall be deleted.

2.   Headings B in Sections I to XI of Annex II to Directive 86/280/EEC shall be deleted.

Article 10

Repeal of Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC

1.   Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC and 86/280/EEC shall be repealed with effect from 22 December 2012.

2.   Before 22 December 2012, Member States may carry out monitoring and reporting in accordance with Articles 5, 8 and 15 of Directive 2000/60/EC instead of carrying them out in accordance with the Directives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 11

Transposition

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by ... (20).

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 12

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 13

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C 97, 28.4.2007, p. 3.

1

(2)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 22 May 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 20 December 2007 and Position of the European Parliament of ... (not yet published in the Official Journal).

2

(3)  OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

3

(4)  OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1. Directive as amended by Decision No 2455/2001/EC (OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1).

4

(5)  OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 1.

5

(6)  OJ L 181, 4.7.1986, p. 16. Directive as last amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

6

(7)  OJ L 81, 27.3.1982, p. 29. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC.

7

(8)  OJ L 291, 24.10.1983, p. 1. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC.

8

(9)  OJ L 74, 17.3.1984, p. 49. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC.

9

(10)  OJ L 274, 17.10.1984, p. 11. Directive as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC.

10

(11)  OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32. Directive as last amended by the 2005 Act of Accession.

11

(12)  OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1.

12

(13)  OJ L 230, 19.8.1991, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission Directive 2007/50/EC (OJ L 202, 3.8.2007, p. 15).

13

(14)  OJ L 227, 8.9.1993, p. 9.

14

(15)  OJ L 161, 29.6.1994, p. 3.

15

(16)  OJ L 123, 24.4.1998, p. 1.

16

(17)  OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26.

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(18)  OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

18

(19)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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(20)  18 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive.

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ANNEX I

Environmental quality standards for priority substances and certain other pollutants

PART A: ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS (EQS)

AA: annual average

MAC: maximum allowable concentration

Unit: [μg/l]

| Number | Name of substance | CAS number (1) | AA-EQS (2)

  Inland surface waters (3) | AA-EQS (2)

  Other surface waters | MAC-EQS (4)

  Inland surface waters (3) | MAC-EQS (4)

  Other surface waters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) |
| (1) | Alachlor | 15972-60-8 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 0,7 | 0,7 |
| (2) | Anthracene | 120-12-7 | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,4 | 0,4 |
| (3) | Atrazine | 1912-24-9 | 0,6 | 0,6 | 2,0 | 2,0 |
| (4) | Benzene | 71-43-2 | 10 | 8 | 50 | 50 |
| (5) | Brominated diphenylether (5) | 32534-81-9 | 0,0005 | 0,0002 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (6) | Cadmium and its compounds
  (depending on water hardness classes) (6) | 7440-43-9 | ≤ 0,08 (Class 1)
  0,08 (Class 2)
  0,09 (Class 3)
  0,15 (Class 4)
  0,25 (Class 5) | 0,2 | ≤ 0,45 (Class 1)
  0,45 (Class 2)
  0,6 (Class 3)
  0,9 (Class 4)
  1,5 (Class 5) | |
| (6a) | Carbon-tetrachloride (7) | 56-23-5 | 12 | 12 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (7) | C10-13 Chloroalkanes | 85535-84-8 | 0,4 | 0,4 | 1,4 | 1,4 |
| (8) | Chlorfenvinphos | 470-90-6 | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,3 | 0,3 |
| (9) | Chlorpyrifos (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl) | 2921-88-2 | 0,03 | 0,03 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| (9a) | Cyclodiene pesticides:
  Aldrin (7)

  Dieldrin (7)

  Endrin (7)

  Isodrin (7) | 309-00-2
  60-57-1
  72-20-8
  465-73-6 | Σ = 0,01 | Σ = 0,005 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (9b) | DDT total (8)
   (7) | Not applicable | 0,025 | 0,025 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| para-para-DDT (7) | 50-29-3 | 0,01 | 0,01 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (10) | 1,2-Dichloroethane | 107-06-2 | 10 | 10 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (11) | Dichloromethane | 75-09-2 | 20 | 20 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (12) | Di(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) | 117-81-7 | 1,3 | 1,3 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (13) | Diuron | 330-54-1 | 0,2 | 0,2 | 1,8 | 1,8 |
| (14) | Endosulfan | 115-29-7 | 0,005 | 0,0005 | 0,01 | 0,004 |
| (15) | Fluoranthene | 206-44-0 | 0,1 | 0,1 | 1 | 1 |
| (16) | Hexachloro-benzene | 118-74-1 | 0,01 (9) | 0,01 (9) | 0,05 | 0,05 |
| (17) | Hexachloro-butadiene | 87-68-3 | 0,1 (9) | 0,1 (9) | 0,6 | 0,6 |
| (18) | Hexachloro-cyclohexane | 608-73-1 | 0,02 | 0,002 | 0,04 | 0,02 |
| (19) | Isoproturon | 34123-59-6 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 1,0 | 1,0 |
| (20) | Lead and its compounds | 7439-92-1 | 7,2 | 7,2 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (21) | Mercury and its compounds | 7439-97-6 | 0,05 (9) | 0,05 (9) | 0,07 | 0,07 |
| (22) | Naphthalene | 91-20-3 | 2,4 | 1,2 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (23) | Nickel and its compounds | 7440-02-0 | 20 | 20 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (24) | Nonylphenol
  (4-Nonylphenol) | 104-40-5 | 0,3 | 0,3 | 2,0 | 2,0 |
| (25) | Octylphenol
  (4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol) | 140-66-9 | 0,1 | 0,01 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (26) | Pentachloro-benzene | 608-93-5 | 0,007 | 0,0007 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (27) | Pentachloro-phenol | 87-86-5 | 0,4 | 0,4 | 1 | 1 |
| (28) | Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (10) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Benzo(a)pyrene | 50-32-8 | 0,05 | 0,05 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| Benzo(b)fluor-anthene | 205-99-2 | Σ = 0,03 | Σ = 0,03 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Benzo(k)fluor-anthene | 207-08-9 |
| Benzo(g,h,i)-perylene | 191-24-2 | Σ = 0,002 | Σ = 0,002 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Indeno(1,2,3-cd)-pyrene | 193-39-5 |
| (29) | Simazine | 122-34-9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| (29a) | Tetrachloro-ethylene (7) | 127-18-4 | 10 | 10 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (29b) | Trichloro-ethylene (7) | 79-01-6 | 10 | 10 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (30) | Tributyltin compounds (Tributhyltin-cation) | 36643-28-4 | 0,0002 | 0,0002 | 0,0015 | 0,0015 |
| (31) | Trichloro-benzenes | 12002-48-1 | 0,4 | 0,4 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (32) | Trichloro-methane | 67-66-3 | 2,5 | 2,5 | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| (33) | Trifluralin | 1582-09-8 | 0,03 | 0,03 | Not applicable | Not applicable |

Number

Name of substance

CAS number (1)

AA-EQS (2)

Inland surface waters (3)

AA-EQS (2)

Other surface waters

MAC-EQS (4)

Inland surface waters (3)

MAC-EQS (4)

Other surface waters

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(1)

Alachlor

15972-60-8

0,3

0,3

0,7

0,7

(2)

Anthracene

120-12-7

0,1

0,1

0,4

0,4

(3)

Atrazine

1912-24-9

0,6

0,6

2,0

2,0

(4)

Benzene

71-43-2

10

8

50

50

(5)

Brominated diphenylether (5)

32534-81-9

0,0005

0,0002

Not applicable

Not applicable

(6)

Cadmium and its compounds

(depending on water hardness classes) (6)

7440-43-9

≤ 0,08 (Class 1)

0,08 (Class 2)

0,09 (Class 3)

0,15 (Class 4)

0,25 (Class 5)

0,2

≤ 0,45 (Class 1)

0,45 (Class 2)

0,6 (Class 3)

0,9 (Class 4)

1,5 (Class 5)

(6a)

Carbon-tetrachloride (7)

56-23-5

12

12

Not applicable

Not applicable

(7)

C10-13 Chloroalkanes

85535-84-8

0,4

0,4

1,4

1,4

(8)

Chlorfenvinphos

470-90-6

0,1

0,1

0,3

0,3

(9)

Chlorpyrifos (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl)

2921-88-2

0,03

0,03

0,1

0,1

(9a)

Cyclodiene pesticides:

Aldrin (7)

Dieldrin (7)

Endrin (7)

Isodrin (7)

309-00-2

60-57-1

72-20-8

465-73-6

Σ = 0,01

Σ = 0,005

Not applicable

Not applicable

(9b)

DDT total (8)
   (7)

Not applicable

0,025

0,025

Not applicable

Not applicable

para-para-DDT (7)

50-29-3

0,01

0,01

Not applicable

Not applicable

(10)

1,2-Dichloroethane

107-06-2

10

10

Not applicable

Not applicable

(11)

Dichloromethane

75-09-2

20

20

Not applicable

Not applicable

(12)

Di(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP)

117-81-7

1,3

1,3

Not applicable

Not applicable

(13)

Diuron

330-54-1

0,2

0,2

1,8

1,8

(14)

Endosulfan

115-29-7

0,005

0,0005

0,01

0,004

(15)

Fluoranthene

206-44-0

0,1

0,1

1

1

(16)

Hexachloro-benzene

118-74-1

0,01 (9)

0,01 (9)

0,05

0,05

(17)

Hexachloro-butadiene

87-68-3

0,1 (9)

0,1 (9)

0,6

0,6

(18)

Hexachloro-cyclohexane

608-73-1

0,02

0,002

0,04

0,02

(19)

Isoproturon

34123-59-6

0,3

0,3

1,0

1,0

(20)

Lead and its compounds

7439-92-1

7,2

7,2

Not applicable

Not applicable

(21)

Mercury and its compounds

7439-97-6

0,05 (9)

0,05 (9)

0,07

0,07

(22)

Naphthalene

91-20-3

2,4

1,2

Not applicable

Not applicable

(23)

Nickel and its compounds

7440-02-0

20

20

Not applicable

Not applicable

(24)

Nonylphenol

(4-Nonylphenol)

104-40-5

0,3

0,3

2,0

2,0

(25)

Octylphenol

(4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol)

140-66-9

0,1

0,01

Not applicable

Not applicable

(26)

Pentachloro-benzene

608-93-5

0,007

0,0007

Not applicable

Not applicable

(27)

Pentachloro-phenol

87-86-5

0,4

0,4

1

1

(28)

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (10)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Benzo(a)pyrene

50-32-8

0,05

0,05

0,1

0,1

Benzo(b)fluor-anthene

205-99-2

Σ = 0,03

Σ = 0,03

Not applicable

Not applicable

Benzo(k)fluor-anthene

207-08-9

Benzo(g,h,i)-perylene

191-24-2

Σ = 0,002

Σ = 0,002

Not applicable

Not applicable

Indeno(1,2,3-cd)-pyrene

193-39-5

(29)

Simazine

122-34-9

1

1

4

4

(29a)

Tetrachloro-ethylene (7)

127-18-4

10

10

Not applicable

Not applicable

(29b)

Trichloro-ethylene (7)

79-01-6

10

10

Not applicable

Not applicable

(30)

Tributyltin compounds (Tributhyltin-cation)

36643-28-4

0,0002

0,0002

0,0015

0,0015

(31)

Trichloro-benzenes

12002-48-1

0,4

0,4

Not applicable

Not applicable

(32)

Trichloro-methane

67-66-3

2,5

2,5

Not applicable

Not applicable

(33)

Trifluralin

1582-09-8

0,03

0,03

Not applicable

Not applicable

PART B: APPLICATION OF THE EQS SET OUT IN PART A

| 1. | Columns 4 and 5 of the table: For any given surface water body, applying the AA-EQS means that, for each representative monitoring point within the water body, the arithmetic mean of the concentrations measured at different times during the year does not exceed the standard.
  The calculation of the arithmetic mean and the analytical method used must be in accordance with Commission Decision .../... of ... adopting technical specifications for chemical monitoring and quality of analytical results in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), including how to apply an EQS where there is no appropriate analytical method meeting the minimum performance criteria. |
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1.

Columns 4 and 5 of the table: For any given surface water body, applying the AA-EQS means that, for each representative monitoring point within the water body, the arithmetic mean of the concentrations measured at different times during the year does not exceed the standard.

The calculation of the arithmetic mean and the analytical method used must be in accordance with Commission Decision .../... of ... adopting technical specifications for chemical monitoring and quality of analytical results in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (11), including how to apply an EQS where there is no appropriate analytical method meeting the minimum performance criteria.

| 2. | Columns 6 and 7 of the table: For any given surface water body, applying the MAC-EQS means that the measured concentration at any representative monitoring point within the water body does not exceed the standard.
  However, in accordance with Section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision for determining compliance with the MAC-EQS. If they do so, such statistical methods shall comply with detailed rules laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC. |
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2.

Columns 6 and 7 of the table: For any given surface water body, applying the MAC-EQS means that the measured concentration at any representative monitoring point within the water body does not exceed the standard.

However, in accordance with Section 1.3.4 of Annex V to Directive 2000/60/EC, Member States may introduce statistical methods, such as a percentile calculation, to ensure an acceptable level of confidence and precision for determining compliance with the MAC-EQS. If they do so, such statistical methods shall comply with detailed rules laid down in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 21(2) of Directive 2000/60/EC.

| 3. | With the exception of cadmium, lead, mercury and nickel (hereinafter ‘metals’) the EQS set up in this Annex are expressed as total concentrations in the whole water sample. In the case of metals the EQS refers to the dissolved concentration, i.e. the dissolved phase of a water sample obtained by filtration through a 0,45 μm filter or any equivalent pre-treatment.
  Member States may, when assessing the monitoring results against the EQS, take into account:






  (a) | natural background concentrations for metals and their compounds, if they prevent compliance with the EQS value; and |
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3.

With the exception of cadmium, lead, mercury and nickel (hereinafter ‘metals’) the EQS set up in this Annex are expressed as total concentrations in the whole water sample. In the case of metals the EQS refers to the dissolved concentration, i.e. the dissolved phase of a water sample obtained by filtration through a 0,45 μm filter or any equivalent pre-treatment.

Member States may, when assessing the monitoring results against the EQS, take into account:

(a)

natural background concentrations for metals and their compounds, if they prevent compliance with the EQS value; and

| (b) | hardness, pH or other water quality parameters that affect the bioavailability of metals. |
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(b)

hardness, pH or other water quality parameters that affect the bioavailability of metals.

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(1)  CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service.

(2)  This parameter is the EQS expressed as an annual average value (AA-EQS). Unless otherwise specified, it applies to the total concentration of all isomers.

(3)  Inland surface waters encompass rivers and lakes and related artificial or heavily modified water bodies.

(4)  This parameter is the Environmental Quality Standard expressed as a maximum allowable concentration (MAC-EQS). Where the MAC-EQS are marked as ‘not applicable’, the AA-EQS values are considered protective against short-term pollution peaks in continuous discharges since they are significantly lower than the values derived on the basis of acute toxicity.

(5)  For the group of priority substances covered by brominated diphenylethers (No 5) listed in Decision No 2455/2001/EC, an EQS is established only for congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154.

(6)  For Cadmium and its compounds (No 6) the EQS values vary dependent upon the hardness of the water as specified in five class categories (Class 1: < 40 mg CaCO3/l, Class 2: 40 to < 50 mg CaCO3/l, Class 3: 50 to < 100 mg CaCO3/l, Class 4: 100 to < 200 mg CaCO3/l and Class 5: ≥ 200 mg CaCO3/l).

(7)  This substance is not a priority substance but one of the other pollutants for which the EQS are identical to those laid down in the legislation that applied prior to the entry into force of this Directive.

(8)  DDT total comprises the sum of the isomers 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS number 50-29-3; EU number 200-024-3); 1,1,1-trichloro-2 (o-chlorophenyl)-2-(p-chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS number 789-02-6; EU Number 212-332-5); 1,1-dichloro-2, 2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethylene (CAS number 72-55-9; EU Number 200-784-6); and 1,1-dichloro-2,2 bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane (CAS number 72-54-8; EU Number 200-783-0).

(9)  If Member States do not apply EQS for biota they shall introduce stricter EQS for water in order to achieve the same level of protection as the EQS for biota set out in Article 3(2). They shall notify the Commission and other Member States, through the Committee referred to in Article 21 of Directive 2000/60/EC, of the reasons and basis for using this approach, the alternative EQS for water established, including the data and the methodology by which they were derived, and the categories of surface water to which they would apply.

(10)  For the group of priority substances of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (No 28), each individual EQS is applicable, i.e. the EQS for Benzo(a)pyrene, the EQS for the sum of Benzo(b)fluoranthene and Benzo(k)fluoranthene and the EQS for the sum of Benzo(g,h,i)perylene and Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene must be met.

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ANNEX II

Annex X to Directive 2000/60/EC is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX X

List of priority substances in the field of water policy

| Number | CAS number (1) | EU number (2) | Name of priority substance (3) | Identified as priority hazardous substance |
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| (1) | 15972-60-8 | 240-110-8 | Alachlor | |
| (2) | 120-12-7 | 204-371-1 | Anthracene | X |
| (3) | 1912-24-9 | 217-617-8 | Atrazine | |
| (4) | 71-43-2 | 200-753-7 | Benzene | |
| (5) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Brominated diphenylether (4) | X (5) |
| | 32534-81-9 | Not applicable | Pentabromodiphenylether (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) (3) | |
| (6) | 7440-43-9 | 231-152-8 | Cadmium and its compounds | X |
| (7) | 85535-84-8 | 287-476-5 | Chloroalkanes, C10-13
   (4) | X |
| (8) | 470-90-6 | 207-432-0 | Chlorfenvinphos | |
| (9) | 2921-88-2 | 220-864-4 | Chlorpyrifos
  (Chlorpyrifos-ethyl) | |
| (10) | 107-06-2 | 203-458-1 | 1,2-dichloroethane | |
| (11) | 75-09-2 | 200-838-9 | Dichloromethane | |
| (12) | 117-81-7 | 204-211-0 | Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) | |
| (13) | 330-54-1 | 206-354-4 | Diuron | |
| (14) | 115-29-7 | 204-079-4 | Endosulfan | X |
| (15) | 206-44-0 | 205-912-4 | Fluoranthene (6) | |
| (16) | 118-74-1 | 204-273-9 | Hexachlorobenzene | X |
| (17) | 87-68-3 | 201-765-5 | Hexachlorobutadiene | X |
| (18) | 608-73-1 | 210-158-9 | Hexachlorocyclohexane | X |
| (19) | 34123-59-6 | 251-835-4 | Isoproturon | |
| (20) | 7439-92-1 | 231-100-4 | Lead and its compounds | |
| (21) | 7439-97-6 | 231-106-7 | Mercury and its compounds | X |
| (22) | 91-20-3 | 202-049-5 | Naphthalene | |
| (23) | 7440-02-0 | 231-111-14 | Nickel and its compounds | |
| (24) | 25154-52-3 | 246-672-0 | Nonylphenol | X |
| | 104-40-5 | 203-199-4 | (4-nonylphenol) (3) | X |
| (25) | 1806-26-4 | 217-302-5 | Octylphenol | |
| | 140-66-9 | Not applicable | (4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol) (3) | |
| (26) | 608-93-5 | 210-172-5 | Pentachlorobenzene | X |
| (27) | 87-86-5 | 231-152-8 | Pentachlorophenol | |
| (28) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Polyaromatic hydrocarbons | X |
| | 50-32-8 | 200-028-5 | (Benzo(a)pyrene) | X |
| | 205-99-2 | 205-911-9 | (Benzo(b)fluoranthene) | X |
| | 191-24-2 | 205-883-8 | (Benzo(g,h,i)perylene) | X |
| | 207-08-9 | 205-916-6 | (Benzo(k)fluoranthene) | X |
| | 193-39-5 | 205-893-2 | (Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene) | X |
| (29) | 122-34-9 | 204-535-2 | Simazine | |
| (30) | Not applicable | Not applicable | Tributyltin compounds | X |
| | 36643-28-4 | Not applicable | Tributyltin-cation | X |
| (31) | 12002-48-1 | 234-413-4 | Trichlorobenzenes | |
| (32) | 67-66-3 | 200-663-8 | Trichloromethane (chloroform) | |
| (33) | 1582-09-8 | 216-428-8 | Trifluralin | |

Number

CAS number (1)

EU number (2)

Name of priority substance (3)

Identified as priority hazardous substance

(1)

15972-60-8

240-110-8

Alachlor

(2)

120-12-7

204-371-1

Anthracene

X

(3)

1912-24-9

217-617-8

Atrazine

(4)

71-43-2

200-753-7

Benzene

(5)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Brominated diphenylether (4)

X (5)

32534-81-9

Not applicable

Pentabromodiphenylether (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) (3)

(6)

7440-43-9

231-152-8

Cadmium and its compounds

X

(7)

85535-84-8

287-476-5

Chloroalkanes, C10-13
   (4)

X

(8)

470-90-6

207-432-0

Chlorfenvinphos

(9)

2921-88-2

220-864-4

Chlorpyrifos

(Chlorpyrifos-ethyl)

(10)

107-06-2

203-458-1

1,2-dichloroethane

(11)

75-09-2

200-838-9

Dichloromethane

(12)

117-81-7

204-211-0

Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP)

(13)

330-54-1

206-354-4

Diuron

(14)

115-29-7

204-079-4

Endosulfan

X

(15)

206-44-0

205-912-4

Fluoranthene (6)

(16)

118-74-1

204-273-9

Hexachlorobenzene

X

(17)

87-68-3

201-765-5

Hexachlorobutadiene

X

(18)

608-73-1

210-158-9

Hexachlorocyclohexane

X

(19)

34123-59-6

251-835-4

Isoproturon

(20)

7439-92-1

231-100-4

Lead and its compounds

(21)

7439-97-6

231-106-7

Mercury and its compounds

X

(22)

91-20-3

202-049-5

Naphthalene

(23)

7440-02-0

231-111-14

Nickel and its compounds

(24)

25154-52-3

246-672-0

Nonylphenol

X

104-40-5

203-199-4

(4-nonylphenol) (3)

X

(25)

1806-26-4

217-302-5

Octylphenol

140-66-9

Not applicable

(4-(1,1',3,3'-tetramethylbutyl)-phenol) (3)

(26)

608-93-5

210-172-5

Pentachlorobenzene

X

(27)

87-86-5

231-152-8

Pentachlorophenol

(28)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

X

50-32-8

200-028-5

(Benzo(a)pyrene)

X

205-99-2

205-911-9

(Benzo(b)fluoranthene)

X

191-24-2

205-883-8

(Benzo(g,h,i)perylene)

X

207-08-9

205-916-6

(Benzo(k)fluoranthene)

X

193-39-5

205-893-2

(Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene)

X

(29)

122-34-9

204-535-2

Simazine

(30)

Not applicable

Not applicable

Tributyltin compounds

X

36643-28-4

Not applicable

Tributyltin-cation

X

(31)

12002-48-1

234-413-4

Trichlorobenzenes

(32)

67-66-3

200-663-8

Trichloromethane (chloroform)

(33)

1582-09-8

216-428-8

Trifluralin

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(1)  CAS: Chemical Abstracts Service.

1

(2)  EU-number: European Inventory of Existing Commercial Substances (EINECS) or European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS).

2

(3)  Where groups of substances have been selected, typical individual representatives are listed as indicative parameters (in brackets and without number). For these groups of substances, the indicative parameter must be defined through the analytical method.

3

(4)  These groups of substances normally include a considerable number of individual compounds. At present, appropriate indicative parameters cannot be given.

4

(5)  Only Pentabromobiphenylether (CAS-number 32534-81-9).

5

(6)  Fluoranthene is on the list as an indicator of other, more dangerous polyaromatic hydrocarbons.’

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STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS

I.   INTRODUCTION

The Commission adopted its proposal for a Directive on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy and amending Directive 2000/60/EC in July 2006.

The European Parliament adopted its first-reading opinion in May 2007.

The Economic and Social Committee adopted its opinion in April 2007 (1). The Committee of the Regions has not provided an opinion.

The Council adopted its common position on 20 December 2007.

II.   OBJECTIVE

The proposed Directive would establish environmental quality standards (EQS) for priority substances and certain other pollutants, as provided for in Article 16 of Directive 2000/60/EC (the ‘water framework directive’).

III.   ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON POSITION

1.   General

The common position incorporates several of the European Parliament's first-reading amendments, either verbatim, in part or in spirit. It does not reflect the majority of the amendments, however, because the Council agrees with the Commission that they are unnecessary and/or undesirable.

The common position also includes a number of changes other than those envisaged in the European Parliament's first-reading opinion. The following sections describe the changes of substance. In addition, there are drafting changes to clarify the text or to ensure the overall coherence of the Directive.

2.   Subject matter and definitions (Articles 1 and 2)

Article 1 is partly consistent with amendment 20, in that it clarifies that the Directive lays down EQS with the aim of achieving good chemical status in accordance with the provisions and objectives of the water framework directive. The common position includes a new Article 2 to clarify that the definitions of the water framework directive are applicable.

3.   Environmental quality standards (Article 3 and Annex I)

Article 3 is partly consistent with amendments 21 and 66 in that its paragraph 1 clarifies the links with the water framework directive. The Article is also partly consistent with amendment 26, since the new paragraph 2 would give Member States the option of performing monitoring in biota or sediment on certain conditions.

Article 3(3) clarifies that, in addition to applying the EQS, Member States should carry out long term trend analysis of those priority substances that tend to accumulate in sediment and/or biota.

Article 3(4) incorporates a reference to the REACH Regulation and is therefore fully consistent with amendment 29.

Article 3(5) provides for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny, since changes to the detailed rules concerning the monitoring of metals would constitute an amendment to the body of the Directive.

Annex I, Part A, is consistent with the aim of amendments 50 and 51 to the extent that it combines the table setting out EQS for other pollutants with that for priority substances. However, it clarifies that combining the tables does not re-classify the other pollutants as priority substances, which would overturn the classifications that the European Parliament and the Council agreed through Decision No 2455/2001/EC.

Annex I, Part B, is partly consistent with the aim of amendment 30 and broadly consistent with the aim of amendment 52, in that it widens the scope for taking account of background concentrations of metals and these rules could be amended through comitology. It includes clarification on the applicable analytical and statistical methods.

4.   Mixing zones (Article 4)

Article 4 is partly consistent with the aim of amendments 35 and 36, in that it clarifies that the extent of mixing zones must be proportionate and regularly reviewed. The common position uses the shorter and clearer term ‘mixing zones’ rather than ‘transitional areas of exceedance’.

The common position makes no provision for the use of comitology. The Commission will instead issue guidelines for the implementation of the Article.

5.   Inventory of emissions, discharges and losses (Article 5)

Article 5 incorporates amendment 40 in part. The Council cannot accept the other amendments concerning the inventory, considering that they would create undue additional administrative burdens for Member States, would be inconsistent with the water framework directive, or are unnecessary.

Again, the common position makes no provision for the use of comitology. The Commission will instead issue guidelines for the implementation of the Article.

6.   Transboundary pollution (Article 6)

The common position includes a new Article to clarify Member States' obligations with regard to transboundary pollution. It is partly consistent with amendments 24 and 47.

7.   Review (Article 7)

The new Article 7 requires the Commission to review the need for additional specific Community-wide measures. This is consistent in part or in principle with amendments 20, 32, 33 and 45.

8.   Annex II — Amendments to Annex X to the water framework directive

The Council cannot accept amendments 53 to 63 and 70, which would classify several priority substances and the other pollutants as priority hazardous substances. Nor can it accept amendment 65, which would add to the water framework directive a list of substances subject to review for identification as possible priority substances or priority hazardous substances. Article 16 of the water framework directive already provides for a regular review of Annex X. The Council agrees with the Commission that this review should be based on scientific considerations alone.

A review of the list of priority substances, including the scope for inclusion of additional substances and the criteria for prioritisation, is currently being undertaken under the common implementation strategy for the water framework directive, with a view to the Commission making proposals for the amendment of the list as appropriate in accordance with the review timetable laid down in Article 16(4) of the water framework directive.

9.   Other

In addition, the common position:

| — | incorporates text on correlation tables consistent with paragraph 34 of the Interinstitutional agreement on better law making, |
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incorporates text on correlation tables consistent with paragraph 34 of the Interinstitutional agreement on better law making,

| — | includes consequential changes to the recitals and incorporates amendments 1, 4, 7 (in part), 14 (in principle) and 73 (in part). |
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includes consequential changes to the recitals and incorporates amendments 1, 4, 7 (in part), 14 (in principle) and 73 (in part).

IV.   CONCLUSION

The Council believes that the common position represents a balanced package that would respect the provisions and objectives of the water framework directive. It looks forward to constructive discussions with the European Parliament with a view to the early adoption of the Directive.

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Official Journal of the European Union

CE 71/16

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COMMON POSITION (EC) No 4/2008

adopted by the Council on 20 December 2007

with a view to the adopting Directive 2008/.../EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of ... on waste and repealing certain Directives

(2008/C 71 E/02)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (2),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (3),

Whereas:

| (1) | Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (4) establishes the legislative framework for the handling of waste in the Community. It defines key concepts such as waste, recovery and disposal and puts in place the essential requirements for the management of waste, notably an obligation for an establishment or undertaking carrying out waste management operations to have a permit or to be registered and an obligation for the Member States to draw up waste management plans. It also establishes major principles such as an obligation to handle waste in a way that does not have a negative impact on the environment and human health, an encouragement to apply the waste hierarchy and, in accordance with the polluter-pays principle, a requirement that the costs of disposing of waste must be borne by the holder of waste, by previous holders or by the producers of the product from which the waste came. |
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(1)

Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (4) establishes the legislative framework for the handling of waste in the Community. It defines key concepts such as waste, recovery and disposal and puts in place the essential requirements for the management of waste, notably an obligation for an establishment or undertaking carrying out waste management operations to have a permit or to be registered and an obligation for the Member States to draw up waste management plans. It also establishes major principles such as an obligation to handle waste in a way that does not have a negative impact on the environment and human health, an encouragement to apply the waste hierarchy and, in accordance with the polluter-pays principle, a requirement that the costs of disposing of waste must be borne by the holder of waste, by previous holders or by the producers of the product from which the waste came.

| (2) | Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (5) calls for the development or revision of the legislation on waste, including a clarification of the distinction between waste and non-waste, and for the development of measures regarding waste prevention. |
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(2)

Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme (5) calls for the development or revision of the legislation on waste, including a clarification of the distinction between waste and non-waste, and for the development of measures regarding waste prevention.

| (3) | The Commission communication of 27 May 2003 towards a Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste noted the need to assess the existing definitions of recovery and disposal, the need for a generally applicable definition of recycling and a debate on the definition of waste. |
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(3)

The Commission communication of 27 May 2003 towards a Thematic Strategy on the prevention and recycling of waste noted the need to assess the existing definitions of recovery and disposal, the need for a generally applicable definition of recycling and a debate on the definition of waste.

| (4) | In its resolution of 20 April 2004 on the abovementioned communication (6), the European Parliament called on the Commission to consider extending Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (7) to the waste sector as a whole. It also asked the Commission to differentiate clearly between recovery and disposal and to clarify the distinction between waste and non-waste. |
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(4)

In its resolution of 20 April 2004 on the abovementioned communication (6), the European Parliament called on the Commission to consider extending Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (7) to the waste sector as a whole. It also asked the Commission to differentiate clearly between recovery and disposal and to clarify the distinction between waste and non-waste.

| (5) | In its conclusions of 1 July 2004 the Council called on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the revision of certain aspects of Directive 75/442/EEC, repealed and replaced by Directive 2006/12/EC, in order to clarify the distinction between waste and non-waste and that between recovery and disposal. |
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(5)

In its conclusions of 1 July 2004 the Council called on the Commission to bring forward a proposal for the revision of certain aspects of Directive 75/442/EEC, repealed and replaced by Directive 2006/12/EC, in order to clarify the distinction between waste and non-waste and that between recovery and disposal.

| (6) | It is therefore necessary to revise Directive 2006/12/EC in order to clarify key concepts such as the definitions of waste, recovery and disposal, to strengthen the measures that must be taken on waste prevention, to introduce an approach that takes into account the whole life-cycle of products and materials and not only the waste phase, and to focus on reducing the environmental impacts of waste generation and waste management, thereby strengthening the economic value of waste. Furthermore, the recovery of waste and the use of recovered materials should be encouraged in order to conserve natural resources. In the interests of clarity and readability, Directive 2006/12/EC should be repealed and replaced by a new directive. |
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(6)

It is therefore necessary to revise Directive 2006/12/EC in order to clarify key concepts such as the definitions of waste, recovery and disposal, to strengthen the measures that must be taken on waste prevention, to introduce an approach that takes into account the whole life-cycle of products and materials and not only the waste phase, and to focus on reducing the environmental impacts of waste generation and waste management, thereby strengthening the economic value of waste. Furthermore, the recovery of waste and the use of recovered materials should be encouraged in order to conserve natural resources. In the interests of clarity and readability, Directive 2006/12/EC should be repealed and replaced by a new directive.

| (7) | Since most significant waste management operations are now covered by Community legislation in the field of environment, it is important that this Directive be adapted to that approach. An emphasis on the environmental objectives laid down in Article 174 of the Treaty would bring the environmental impacts of waste generation and waste management more sharply into focus throughout the life-cycle of resources. Consequently, the legal basis for this Directive should be Article 175. |
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(7)

Since most significant waste management operations are now covered by Community legislation in the field of environment, it is important that this Directive be adapted to that approach. An emphasis on the environmental objectives laid down in Article 174 of the Treaty would bring the environmental impacts of waste generation and waste management more sharply into focus throughout the life-cycle of resources. Consequently, the legal basis for this Directive should be Article 175.

| (8) | Effective and consistent rules on waste treatment should be applied, subject to certain exceptions, to movable property which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard. |
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(8)

Effective and consistent rules on waste treatment should be applied, subject to certain exceptions, to movable property which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard.

| (9) | The waste status of uncontaminated excavated soils and other naturally occurring material which are used on sites other than the one from which they were excavated should be considered according to the waste definition and the provisions on by-products or on the end of waste status under this Directive. |
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(9)

The waste status of uncontaminated excavated soils and other naturally occurring material which are used on sites other than the one from which they were excavated should be considered according to the waste definition and the provisions on by-products or on the end of waste status under this Directive.

| (10) | Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (8) provides, inter alia, for proportionate controls as regards the collection, transport, processing, use and disposal of all animal by-products including waste of animal origin, preventing it from presenting a risk to animal and public health. It is therefore necessary to clarify the link with that Regulation, avoiding duplication of rules by excluding from the scope of this Directive animal by-products where they are intended for uses that are not considered waste operations. |
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(10)

Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 October 2002 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products not intended for human consumption (8) provides, inter alia, for proportionate controls as regards the collection, transport, processing, use and disposal of all animal by-products including waste of animal origin, preventing it from presenting a risk to animal and public health. It is therefore necessary to clarify the link with that Regulation, avoiding duplication of rules by excluding from the scope of this Directive animal by-products where they are intended for uses that are not considered waste operations.

| (11) | In the light of the experience gained in applying Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, it is appropriate to clarify the scope of waste legislation and of its provisions on hazardous waste as regards animal by-products regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. Where animal by-products pose potential health risks, the appropriate legal instrument to address these risks is Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and unnecessary overlaps with waste legislation should be avoided. |
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(11)

In the light of the experience gained in applying Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, it is appropriate to clarify the scope of waste legislation and of its provisions on hazardous waste as regards animal by-products regulated by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002. Where animal by-products pose potential health risks, the appropriate legal instrument to address these risks is Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 and unnecessary overlaps with waste legislation should be avoided.

| (12) | The classification of waste as hazardous waste should be based, inter alia, on the Community legislation on chemicals, in particular concerning the classification of preparations as hazardous, including concentration limit values used for that purpose. Furthermore, it is necessary to maintain the system by which waste and hazardous waste have been classified in accordance with the list of the types of waste as last established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC (9), in order to encourage a harmonised classification of waste and ensure the harmonised determination of hazardous waste within the Community. |
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(12)

The classification of waste as hazardous waste should be based, inter alia, on the Community legislation on chemicals, in particular concerning the classification of preparations as hazardous, including concentration limit values used for that purpose. Furthermore, it is necessary to maintain the system by which waste and hazardous waste have been classified in accordance with the list of the types of waste as last established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC (9), in order to encourage a harmonised classification of waste and ensure the harmonised determination of hazardous waste within the Community.

| (13) | It is necessary to distinguish between the preliminary storage of waste pending its collection, the collection of waste and the storage of waste pending treatment. Establishments or undertakings that produce waste in the course of their activities should not be regarded as engaged in waste management and subject to authorisation for the storage of their waste pending its collection. |
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(13)

It is necessary to distinguish between the preliminary storage of waste pending its collection, the collection of waste and the storage of waste pending treatment. Establishments or undertakings that produce waste in the course of their activities should not be regarded as engaged in waste management and subject to authorisation for the storage of their waste pending its collection.

| (14) | Preliminary storage of waste within the definition of collection is understood as a storage activity pending its collection in facilities where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery or disposal elsewhere. The distinction between preliminary storage of waste pending collection and the storage of waste pending treatment should be made, in view of the objective of this Directive, according to the type of waste, the size and time period of storage and the objective of the collection. This distinction should be made by the Member States. The storage of waste prior to recovery for a period of 3 years or longer and the storage of waste prior to disposal for a period of 1 year or longer is subject to Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (10). |
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(14)

Preliminary storage of waste within the definition of collection is understood as a storage activity pending its collection in facilities where waste is unloaded in order to permit its preparation for further transport for recovery or disposal elsewhere. The distinction between preliminary storage of waste pending collection and the storage of waste pending treatment should be made, in view of the objective of this Directive, according to the type of waste, the size and time period of storage and the objective of the collection. This distinction should be made by the Member States. The storage of waste prior to recovery for a period of 3 years or longer and the storage of waste prior to disposal for a period of 1 year or longer is subject to Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (10).

| (15) | Waste collection schemes which are not conducted on a professional basis should not be subject to registration as they present a lower risk and contribute to the separate collection of waste. Examples of such schemes are waste medicines collected by pharmacies, take-back schemes in shops for consumer goods and community schemes in schools. |
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(15)

Waste collection schemes which are not conducted on a professional basis should not be subject to registration as they present a lower risk and contribute to the separate collection of waste. Examples of such schemes are waste medicines collected by pharmacies, take-back schemes in shops for consumer goods and community schemes in schools.

| (16) | Definitions of prevention, re-use, preparing for re-use, treatment and recycling should be included in this Directive, in order to clarify the scope of these concepts. |
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(16)

Definitions of prevention, re-use, preparing for re-use, treatment and recycling should be included in this Directive, in order to clarify the scope of these concepts.

| (17) | The definitions of recovery and disposal need to be modified in order to ensure a clear distinction between the two concepts, based on a genuine difference in environmental impact through the substitution of natural resources in the economy and recognising the potential benefits to the environment and human health of using waste as a resource. In addition, guidelines may be developed in order to clarify cases where this distinction is difficult to apply in practice or where the classification of the activity as recovery does not match the real environmental impact of the operation. |
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(17)

The definitions of recovery and disposal need to be modified in order to ensure a clear distinction between the two concepts, based on a genuine difference in environmental impact through the substitution of natural resources in the economy and recognising the potential benefits to the environment and human health of using waste as a resource. In addition, guidelines may be developed in order to clarify cases where this distinction is difficult to apply in practice or where the classification of the activity as recovery does not match the real environmental impact of the operation.

| (18) | This Directive should also clarify when the incineration of municipal solid waste is energy-efficient and may be considered a recovery operation. |
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(18)

This Directive should also clarify when the incineration of municipal solid waste is energy-efficient and may be considered a recovery operation.

| (19) | Disposal operations consisting of release to seas and oceans including sea bed insertion are also regulated by international conventions, in particular the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, done at London on 13 November 1972, and the 1996 Protocol thereto as amended in 2006. |
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(19)

Disposal operations consisting of release to seas and oceans including sea bed insertion are also regulated by international conventions, in particular the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, done at London on 13 November 1972, and the 1996 Protocol thereto as amended in 2006.

| (20) | There should be no confusion between the various aspects of the waste definition, and appropriate procedures should be applied, where necessary, to by-products that are not waste, on the one hand, or to waste that ceases to be waste, on the other hand. In order to specify certain aspects of the definition of waste, this Directive should clarify:






  — | when substances or objects resulting from a production process not primarily aimed at producing such substances or objects are by-products and not waste. The decision that a substance is not waste can be taken only on the basis of a coordinated approach, to be regularly updated, and where this is consistent with the protection of the environment and human health. If the use of a by-product is allowed under an environmental licence or general environmental rules, this can be used by Member States as a tool to decide that no overall adverse environmental or human health impacts are expected to occur, and |
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(20)

There should be no confusion between the various aspects of the waste definition, and appropriate procedures should be applied, where necessary, to by-products that are not waste, on the one hand, or to waste that ceases to be waste, on the other hand. In order to specify certain aspects of the definition of waste, this Directive should clarify:

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when substances or objects resulting from a production process not primarily aimed at producing such substances or objects are by-products and not waste. The decision that a substance is not waste can be taken only on the basis of a coordinated approach, to be regularly updated, and where this is consistent with the protection of the environment and human health. If the use of a by-product is allowed under an environmental licence or general environmental rules, this can be used by Member States as a tool to decide that no overall adverse environmental or human health impacts are expected to occur, and

| — | when certain waste ceases to be waste, laying down end-of-waste criteria that provide a high level of environmental protection and an environmental and economic benefit; possible categories of waste for which ‘end-of-waste’ specifications and criteria should be developed are, among others, construction and demolition waste, some ashes and slags, scrap metals, compost, waste paper and glass. For the purposes of reaching end-of-waste status, a recovery operation may be as simple as the checking of waste to verify that it fulfils the end-of-waste criteria. |
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when certain waste ceases to be waste, laying down end-of-waste criteria that provide a high level of environmental protection and an environmental and economic benefit; possible categories of waste for which ‘end-of-waste’ specifications and criteria should be developed are, among others, construction and demolition waste, some ashes and slags, scrap metals, compost, waste paper and glass. For the purposes of reaching end-of-waste status, a recovery operation may be as simple as the checking of waste to verify that it fulfils the end-of-waste criteria.

| (21) | In order to verify or calculate if the recycling and recovery targets set in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (11), Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles (12), Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (13) and Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators (14) as well as other relevant Community legislation are met, the amounts of waste which have ceased to be waste should be accounted for as recycled and recovered waste. |
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(21)

In order to verify or calculate if the recycling and recovery targets set in Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (11), Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of life vehicles (12), Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (13) and Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators (14) as well as other relevant Community legislation are met, the amounts of waste which have ceased to be waste should be accounted for as recycled and recovered waste.

| (22) | On the basis of the definition of waste, in order to promote certainty and consistency, the Commission may adopt guidelines to specify in certain cases when substances or objects become waste. Such guidelines may be developed inter alia for electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles. |
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(22)

On the basis of the definition of waste, in order to promote certainty and consistency, the Commission may adopt guidelines to specify in certain cases when substances or objects become waste. Such guidelines may be developed inter alia for electrical and electronic equipment and vehicles.

| (23) | It is appropriate that costs be allocated in such a way as to reflect the real costs to the environment of the generation and management of waste. |
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(23)

It is appropriate that costs be allocated in such a way as to reflect the real costs to the environment of the generation and management of waste.

| (24) | The polluter-pays principle is a guiding principle at European and international levels. The waste producer and the waste holder should manage the waste in a way that guarantees a high level of protection of the environment and human health. |
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(24)

The polluter-pays principle is a guiding principle at European and international levels. The waste producer and the waste holder should manage the waste in a way that guarantees a high level of protection of the environment and human health.

| (25) | The introduction of extended producer responsibility in this Directive is one of the means to support the design and production of goods which take into full account and facilitate the efficient use of resources during their whole life-cycle including their repair, re-use, disassembly and recycling without compromising the free circulation of goods on the internal market. |
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(25)

The introduction of extended producer responsibility in this Directive is one of the means to support the design and production of goods which take into full account and facilitate the efficient use of resources during their whole life-cycle including their repair, re-use, disassembly and recycling without compromising the free circulation of goods on the internal market.

| (26) | This Directive should help move the EU closer to a ‘recycling society’, seeking to avoid waste generation and to use waste as a resource. In particular, the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme calls for measures aimed at ensuring the source separation, collection and recycling of priority waste streams. In line with that objective and as a means to facilitating or improving its recovery potential, waste should be separately collected if technically, environmentally and economically practicable, before undergoing recovery operations that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. |
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(26)

This Directive should help move the EU closer to a ‘recycling society’, seeking to avoid waste generation and to use waste as a resource. In particular, the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme calls for measures aimed at ensuring the source separation, collection and recycling of priority waste streams. In line with that objective and as a means to facilitating or improving its recovery potential, waste should be separately collected if technically, environmentally and economically practicable, before undergoing recovery operations that deliver the best overall environmental outcome.

| (27) | In order to implement the precautionary principle and the principle of preventive action enshrined in Article 174(2) of the Treaty, it is necessary to set general environmental objectives for the management of waste within the Community. By virtue of those principles, it is for the Community and the Member States to establish a framework to prevent, reduce and, in so far as is possible, eliminate from the outset the sources of pollution or nuisance by adopting measures whereby recognised risks are eliminated. |
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(27)

In order to implement the precautionary principle and the principle of preventive action enshrined in Article 174(2) of the Treaty, it is necessary to set general environmental objectives for the management of waste within the Community. By virtue of those principles, it is for the Community and the Member States to establish a framework to prevent, reduce and, in so far as is possible, eliminate from the outset the sources of pollution or nuisance by adopting measures whereby recognised risks are eliminated.

| (28) | The waste hierarchy generally constitutes the best overall environmental option in waste legislation and policy, while departing from such hierarchy may be necessary for specific waste streams when justified for reasons of, inter alia, technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental protection. |
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(28)

The waste hierarchy generally constitutes the best overall environmental option in waste legislation and policy, while departing from such hierarchy may be necessary for specific waste streams when justified for reasons of, inter alia, technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental protection.

| (29) | It is necessary, in order to enable the Community as a whole to become self-sufficient in waste disposal and in the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from private households and to enable the Member States to move towards that aim individually, to make provision for a network of cooperation as regards disposal installations and installations for the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from private households, taking into account geographical circumstances and the need for specialised installations for certain types of waste. |
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(29)

It is necessary, in order to enable the Community as a whole to become self-sufficient in waste disposal and in the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from private households and to enable the Member States to move towards that aim individually, to make provision for a network of cooperation as regards disposal installations and installations for the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from private households, taking into account geographical circumstances and the need for specialised installations for certain types of waste.

| (30) | For the purposes of applying Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (15), mixed municipal waste as referred to in Article 3(5) of that Regulation remains mixed municipal waste even when it has been subject to a waste treatment operation that has not substantially altered its properties. |
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(30)

For the purposes of applying Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (15), mixed municipal waste as referred to in Article 3(5) of that Regulation remains mixed municipal waste even when it has been subject to a waste treatment operation that has not substantially altered its properties.

| (31) | It is important that hazardous waste be labelled in accordance with international and Community standards. However, where such waste is collected separately from households, this should not result in householders being obliged to complete the requisite documentation. |
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(31)

It is important that hazardous waste be labelled in accordance with international and Community standards. However, where such waste is collected separately from households, this should not result in householders being obliged to complete the requisite documentation.

| (32) | It is important, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, and for the purpose of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions originating from waste disposal on landfills, to facilitate the separate collection and proper treatment of bio-waste in order to produce environmentally-safe compost and other bio-waste based materials. The Commission, after an assessment on the management of bio-waste, will submit proposals for legislative measures, if appropriate. |
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(32)

It is important, in accordance with the waste hierarchy, and for the purpose of reduction of greenhouse gas emissions originating from waste disposal on landfills, to facilitate the separate collection and proper treatment of bio-waste in order to produce environmentally-safe compost and other bio-waste based materials. The Commission, after an assessment on the management of bio-waste, will submit proposals for legislative measures, if appropriate.

| (33) | Technical minimum standards concerning waste treatment activities not covered by Directive 96/61/EC may be adopted where there is evidence that a benefit would be gained in terms of protecting human health and the environment and where a co-ordinated approach to the implementation of this Directive would ensure the protection of human health and the environment. |
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(33)

Technical minimum standards concerning waste treatment activities not covered by Directive 96/61/EC may be adopted where there is evidence that a benefit would be gained in terms of protecting human health and the environment and where a co-ordinated approach to the implementation of this Directive would ensure the protection of human health and the environment.

| (34) | It is necessary to specify further the scope and content of the waste management planning obligation, and to integrate into the process of developing or revising waste management plans the need to take into account the environmental impacts of the generation and management of waste. Account should also be taken, where appropriate, of the waste planning requirements laid down in Article 14 of Directive 94/62/EC and of the strategy for the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills, referred to in Article 5 of Directive 1999/31/EC. |
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(34)

It is necessary to specify further the scope and content of the waste management planning obligation, and to integrate into the process of developing or revising waste management plans the need to take into account the environmental impacts of the generation and management of waste. Account should also be taken, where appropriate, of the waste planning requirements laid down in Article 14 of Directive 94/62/EC and of the strategy for the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills, referred to in Article 5 of Directive 1999/31/EC.

| (35) | Member States may apply environmental authorisations or general environmental rules to certain waste producers without compromising the proper functioning of the internal market. |
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(35)

Member States may apply environmental authorisations or general environmental rules to certain waste producers without compromising the proper functioning of the internal market.

| (36) | According to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, Member States may take the measures necessary to prevent shipments of waste which are not in accordance with their waste management plans. By way of derogation from that Regulation, Member States should be allowed to limit incoming shipments to incinerators classified as recovery, where it has been established that national waste would have to be disposed of or that waste would have to be treated in a way that is not consistent with their waste management plans. It is recognised that certain Member States may not be able to provide a network comprising the full range of final recovery facilities within their territory. |
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(36)

According to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, Member States may take the measures necessary to prevent shipments of waste which are not in accordance with their waste management plans. By way of derogation from that Regulation, Member States should be allowed to limit incoming shipments to incinerators classified as recovery, where it has been established that national waste would have to be disposed of or that waste would have to be treated in a way that is not consistent with their waste management plans. It is recognised that certain Member States may not be able to provide a network comprising the full range of final recovery facilities within their territory.

| (37) | In order to improve the way in which waste prevention actions are taken forward in the Member States and to facilitate the circulation of best practice in this area, it is necessary to strengthen the provisions relating to waste prevention and to introduce a requirement for the Member States to develop waste prevention programmes concentrating on the key environmental impacts and taking into account the whole life-cycle of products and materials. Such measures should pursue the objective of breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste. Stakeholders, as well as the general public, should have the opportunity to participate in the drawing up of the programmes, and should have access to them once drawn up, in line with Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment (16). |
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(37)

In order to improve the way in which waste prevention actions are taken forward in the Member States and to facilitate the circulation of best practice in this area, it is necessary to strengthen the provisions relating to waste prevention and to introduce a requirement for the Member States to develop waste prevention programmes concentrating on the key environmental impacts and taking into account the whole life-cycle of products and materials. Such measures should pursue the objective of breaking the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste. Stakeholders, as well as the general public, should have the opportunity to participate in the drawing up of the programmes, and should have access to them once drawn up, in line with Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment (16).

| (38) | Economic instruments can play a crucial role in the achievement of waste prevention and management objectives. Waste often has value as a resource, and the further application of economic instruments may maximise environmental benefits. The use of such instruments at the appropriate level should therefore be encouraged while stressing that individual Member States can decide on their use. |
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(38)

Economic instruments can play a crucial role in the achievement of waste prevention and management objectives. Waste often has value as a resource, and the further application of economic instruments may maximise environmental benefits. The use of such instruments at the appropriate level should therefore be encouraged while stressing that individual Member States can decide on their use.

| (39) | Certain provisions on the handling of waste, laid down in Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (17), should be amended in order to remove obsolete provisions and to improve the clarity of the text. In the interests of simplifying Community legislation, they should be integrated into this Directive. In order to clarify the operation of the mixing ban laid down in Directive 91/689/EEC, and to protect the environment and human health, the exemptions to the mixing ban should additionally comply with best available techniques as defined in Directive 96/61/EC. Directive 91/689/EEC should therefore be repealed. |
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(39)

Certain provisions on the handling of waste, laid down in Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste (17), should be amended in order to remove obsolete provisions and to improve the clarity of the text. In the interests of simplifying Community legislation, they should be integrated into this Directive. In order to clarify the operation of the mixing ban laid down in Directive 91/689/EEC, and to protect the environment and human health, the exemptions to the mixing ban should additionally comply with best available techniques as defined in Directive 96/61/EC. Directive 91/689/EEC should therefore be repealed.

| (40) | In the interests of the simplification of Community legislation and the reflection of environmental benefits, the relevant provisions of Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils (18) should be integrated into this Directive. Directive 75/439/EEC should therefore be repealed. The management of waste oils should be conducted in accordance with the guiding principle of the waste hierarchy, and preference should be given to options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. The separate collection of waste oils remains crucial to their proper management and the prevention of damage to the environment from their improper disposal. |
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(40)

In the interests of the simplification of Community legislation and the reflection of environmental benefits, the relevant provisions of Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils (18) should be integrated into this Directive. Directive 75/439/EEC should therefore be repealed. The management of waste oils should be conducted in accordance with the guiding principle of the waste hierarchy, and preference should be given to options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. The separate collection of waste oils remains crucial to their proper management and the prevention of damage to the environment from their improper disposal.

| (41) | Member States should provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties to be imposed on natural and legal persons responsible for waste management, such as waste producers, holders, brokers, dealers, transporters and collectors, establishments or undertakings which carry out waste treatment operations and waste management schemes, in cases where they infringe the provisions of this Directive. Member States may also take action to recover the costs of non-compliance and remedial measures, without prejudice to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (19). |
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(41)

Member States should provide for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties to be imposed on natural and legal persons responsible for waste management, such as waste producers, holders, brokers, dealers, transporters and collectors, establishments or undertakings which carry out waste treatment operations and waste management schemes, in cases where they infringe the provisions of this Directive. Member States may also take action to recover the costs of non-compliance and remedial measures, without prejudice to Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (19).

| (42) | The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (20). |
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(42)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (20).

| (43) | In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to establish criteria regarding a number of issues such as the conditions under which an object is to be considered a by-product, the end-of-waste status and the determination of waste which is considered as hazardous. Furthermore, power should be conferred on the Commission to adapt the annexes to technical and scientific progress and to specify the application of the formula for incineration facilities referred to in Annex II, R 1. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive and to supplement it by the addition of new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC. |
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(43)

In particular, power should be conferred on the Commission to establish criteria regarding a number of issues such as the conditions under which an object is to be considered a by-product, the end-of-waste status and the determination of waste which is considered as hazardous. Furthermore, power should be conferred on the Commission to adapt the annexes to technical and scientific progress and to specify the application of the formula for incineration facilities referred to in Annex II, R 1. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive and to supplement it by the addition of new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

| (44) | In accordance with paragraph 34 of the interinstitutional agreement on better lawmaking (21), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interest of the Community, their own tables, illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures and to make them public. |
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(44)

In accordance with paragraph 34 of the interinstitutional agreement on better lawmaking (21), Member States are encouraged to draw up, for themselves and in the interest of the Community, their own tables, illustrating, as far as possible, the correlation between this Directive and the transposition measures and to make them public.

| (45) | Since the objective of this Directive, namely, the protection of the environment and human health, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reasons of the scale or effects of the Directive, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective, |
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(45)

Since the objective of this Directive, namely, the protection of the environment and human health, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States and can therefore, by reasons of the scale or effects of the Directive, be better achieved at Community level, the Community may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

CHAPTER I

Subject matter, scope and definitions

Article 1

Subject matter and scope

This Directive lays down measures to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use.

Article 2

Exclusions from the scope

1.   The following shall be excluded from the scope of this Directive:

| (a) | gaseous effluents emitted into the atmosphere; |
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(a)

gaseous effluents emitted into the atmosphere;

| (b) | land (in situ) including unexcavated contaminated soil and buildings permanently connected with land; |
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(b)

land (in situ) including unexcavated contaminated soil and buildings permanently connected with land;

| (c) | uncontaminated soil and other naturally occurring material excavated in the course of construction activities where it is certain that the material will be used for the purposes of construction in its natural state on the site from which it was excavated; |
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(c)

uncontaminated soil and other naturally occurring material excavated in the course of construction activities where it is certain that the material will be used for the purposes of construction in its natural state on the site from which it was excavated;

| (d) | radioactive waste; |
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(d)

radioactive waste;

| (e) | decommissioned explosives; |
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(e)

decommissioned explosives;

| (f) | faecal matter, if not covered by paragraph 2(b), straw and other natural non-hazardous agricultural or forestry material used in farming, forestry or for the production of energy from such biomass through processes or methods which do not harm the environment or endanger human health. |
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(f)

faecal matter, if not covered by paragraph 2(b), straw and other natural non-hazardous agricultural or forestry material used in farming, forestry or for the production of energy from such biomass through processes or methods which do not harm the environment or endanger human health.

2.   The following shall be excluded from the scope of this Directive to the extent that they are covered by other Community legislation:

| (a) | waste waters; |
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(a)

waste waters;

| (b) | animal by-products including processed products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, except those which are destined for incineration, landfilling or use in a biogas or composting plant; |
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(b)

animal by-products including processed products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002, except those which are destined for incineration, landfilling or use in a biogas or composting plant;

| (c) | carcases of animals that have died other than by being slaughtered, including animals killed to eradicate epizootic diseases, and that are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002; |
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(c)

carcases of animals that have died other than by being slaughtered, including animals killed to eradicate epizootic diseases, and that are disposed of in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002;

| (d) | waste resulting from prospecting, extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources and the working of quarries covered by Directive 2006/21/EC. |
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(d)

waste resulting from prospecting, extraction, treatment and storage of mineral resources and the working of quarries covered by Directive 2006/21/EC.

3.   Without prejudice to obligations under other relevant Community legislation, sediments relocated inside surface waters for the purpose of managing waters and waterways or of preventing floods or mitigating the effects of floods and droughts shall be excluded from the scope of this Directive if it is proved that the sediments are non-hazardous.

4.   Specific rules for particular instances, or supplementing those of this Directive, on the management of particular categories of waste, may be laid down by means of individual Directives.

Article 3

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply:

| 1. | ‘waste’ means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard; |
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1.

‘waste’ means any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard;

| 2. | ‘hazardous waste’ means waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III; |
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2.

‘hazardous waste’ means waste which displays one or more of the hazardous properties listed in Annex III;

| 3. | ‘waste oils’ means any mineral or synthetic lubrication or industrial oils which have become unfit for the use for which they were originally intended, such as used combustion engine oils and gearbox oils, lubricating oils, oils for turbines and hydraulic oils; |
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3.

‘waste oils’ means any mineral or synthetic lubrication or industrial oils which have become unfit for the use for which they were originally intended, such as used combustion engine oils and gearbox oils, lubricating oils, oils for turbines and hydraulic oils;

| 4. | ‘bio-waste’ means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises and comparable waste from food processing plants; |
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4.

‘bio-waste’ means biodegradable garden and park waste, food and kitchen waste from households, restaurants, caterers and retail premises and comparable waste from food processing plants;

| 5. | ‘waste producer’ means anyone whose activities produce waste (original waste producer) or anyone who carries out pre-processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste; |
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5.

‘waste producer’ means anyone whose activities produce waste (original waste producer) or anyone who carries out pre-processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste;

| 6. | ‘waste holder’ means the waste producer or the natural or legal person who is in possession of the waste; |
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6.

‘waste holder’ means the waste producer or the natural or legal person who is in possession of the waste;

| 7. | ‘dealer’ means any undertaking which acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell waste, including such dealers who do not take physical possession of the waste; |
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7.

‘dealer’ means any undertaking which acts in the role of principal to purchase and subsequently sell waste, including such dealers who do not take physical possession of the waste;

| 8. | ‘broker’ means any undertaking arranging the recovery or disposal of waste on behalf of others, including such brokers who do not take physical possession of the waste; |
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8.

‘broker’ means any undertaking arranging the recovery or disposal of waste on behalf of others, including such brokers who do not take physical possession of the waste;

| 9. | ‘waste management’ means the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste, including the supervision of such operations and the after-care of disposal sites, and including actions taken as a dealer or broker; |
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9.

‘waste management’ means the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste, including the supervision of such operations and the after-care of disposal sites, and including actions taken as a dealer or broker;

| 10. | ‘collection’ means the gathering of waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of waste for the purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility; |
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10.

‘collection’ means the gathering of waste, including the preliminary sorting and preliminary storage of waste for the purposes of transport to a waste treatment facility;

| 11. | ‘prevention’ means measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste, that reduce:






  (a) | the quantity of waste, including through the re-use of products or the extension of life span of products; |
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11.

‘prevention’ means measures taken before a substance, material or product has become waste, that reduce:

(a)

the quantity of waste, including through the re-use of products or the extension of life span of products;

| (b) | the adverse impacts of the generated waste on the environment and human health; or |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the adverse impacts of the generated waste on the environment and human health; or

| (c) | the content of harmful substances in materials and products; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the content of harmful substances in materials and products;

| 12. | ‘re-use’ means any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived; |
| --- | --- |

12.

‘re-use’ means any operation by which products or components that are not waste are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived;

| 13. | ‘treatment’ means recovery or disposal operations, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal; |
| --- | --- |

13.

‘treatment’ means recovery or disposal operations, including preparation prior to recovery or disposal;

| 14. | ‘recovery’ means any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy. Annex II sets out a non-exhaustive list of recovery operations; |
| --- | --- |

14.

‘recovery’ means any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy. Annex II sets out a non-exhaustive list of recovery operations;

| 15. | ‘preparing for re-use’ means checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operations, by which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared so that they will be re-used without any other pre-processing; |
| --- | --- |

15.

‘preparing for re-use’ means checking, cleaning or repairing recovery operations, by which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared so that they will be re-used without any other pre-processing;

| 16. | ‘recycling’ means any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations; |
| --- | --- |

16.

‘recycling’ means any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations;

| 17. | ‘regeneration of waste oils’ means any recycling operation whereby base oils can be produced by refining waste oils, in particular by removing the contaminants, the oxidation products and the additives contained in such oils; |
| --- | --- |

17.

‘regeneration of waste oils’ means any recycling operation whereby base oils can be produced by refining waste oils, in particular by removing the contaminants, the oxidation products and the additives contained in such oils;

| 18. | ‘disposal’ means any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy. Annex I sets out a non-exhaustive list of disposal operations; |
| --- | --- |

18.

‘disposal’ means any operation which is not recovery even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy. Annex I sets out a non-exhaustive list of disposal operations;

| 19. | ‘best available techniques’ means best available techniques as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC. |
| --- | --- |

19.

‘best available techniques’ means best available techniques as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC.

Article 4

By-products

1.   A substance or object, resulting from a production process, the primary aim of which is not the production of that item, may be regarded as not being waste referred to in point (1) of Article 3 but as being a by-product only if the following conditions are met:

| (a) | further use of the substance or object is certain; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

further use of the substance or object is certain;

| (b) | the substance or object can be used directly without any further processing other than normal industrial practice; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the substance or object can be used directly without any further processing other than normal industrial practice;

| (c) | the substance or object is produced as an integral part of a production process; and |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the substance or object is produced as an integral part of a production process; and

| (d) | further use is lawful, i.e. the substance or object fulfils all relevant product, environmental and health protection requirements for the specific use and will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

further use is lawful, i.e. the substance or object fulfils all relevant product, environmental and health protection requirements for the specific use and will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts.

2.   On the basis of the conditions laid down in paragraph 1, measures may be adopted to determine the criteria to be met for specific substances or objects to be regarded as a by-product and not as waste referred to in point (1) of Article 3. These measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

Article 5

End-of-waste status

1.   Certain specified waste shall cease to be waste within the meaning of point (1) of Article 3 when it has undergone a recovery operation and complies with specific criteria to be developed in accordance with the following conditions:

| (a) | the substance or object is commonly used for a specific purpose; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the substance or object is commonly used for a specific purpose;

| (b) | a market or demand exists for such a substance or object; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

a market or demand exists for such a substance or object;

| (c) | the substance or object fulfils the technical requirements for the specific purpose referred to in (a) and meets the existing legislation and standards applicable to products; and |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the substance or object fulfils the technical requirements for the specific purpose referred to in (a) and meets the existing legislation and standards applicable to products; and

| (d) | the use of the substance or object will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the use of the substance or object will not lead to overall adverse environmental or human health impacts.

The criteria shall include limit values for pollutants where necessary.

2.   The measures relating to the adoption of such criteria and specifying the waste, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

3.   Waste which ceases to be waste in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2, shall also cease to be waste for the purpose of the recovery and recycling targets set out in Directives 94/62/EC, 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2006/66/EC and other relevant Community legislation.

4.   Where criteria have not been set at Community level under the procedure set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, Member States may decide case by case whether certain waste has ceased to be waste taking into account the applicable case law. They shall notify the Commission of such decisions in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services (22) where so required by that Directive.

Article 6

List of waste

1.   The measures relating to the updating of the list of waste established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2). The list of waste shall include hazardous waste and shall take into account the origin and composition of the waste and, where necessary, the limit values of concentration of hazardous substances. The list of waste shall be binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste. The inclusion of a substance or object in the list shall not mean that it is waste in all circumstances. A substance or object shall be considered to be waste only where the definition in point (1) of Article 3 is met.

2.   A Member State may consider waste as hazardous waste where, even though it does not appear as such on the list of waste, it displays one or more of the properties listed in Annex III. The Member State shall notify the Commission of any such cases in the report provided for in Article 34(1) and shall provide the Commission with all relevant information. In the light of notifications received, the list shall be reviewed in order to decide on its adaptation.

3.   Where a Member State has evidence to show that specific waste that appears on the list as hazardous waste does not display any of the properties listed in Annex III, it may consider that waste as non-hazardous waste. The Member State shall notify the Commission of any such cases in the report provided for in Article 34(1) and shall provide the Commission with the necessary evidence. In the light of notifications received, the list shall be reviewed in order to decide on its adaptation.

4.   The measures relating to the revision of the list in order to decide on its adaptation pursuant to paragraphs 2 and 3, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

CHAPTER II

General requirements

Article 7

Extended producer responsibility

1.   In order to strengthen the prevention and recovery of waste, Member States may take legislative or non-legislative measures to ensure that any natural or legal person who professionally develops, manufactures, processes and treats or sells products (producer of the product) has extended producer responsibility.

Such measures may include an acceptance of returned products and of the waste that remains after those products have been used, as well as the subsequent management of the waste and financial responsibility for such activities.

2.   Member States may take appropriate measures to encourage the design of products in order to reduce their environmental impacts and the generation of waste in the course of the production and subsequent use of products, and in order to ensure that the recovery and disposal of products that have become waste take place in accordance with Articles 10 and 11.

Such measures may encourage, inter alia, the development, production and marketing of products that are suitable for multiple use, that are technically durable and that are, after having become waste, suitable for proper and safe recovery and environmentally compatible disposal.

3.   When applying extended producer responsibility, Member States shall take into account the technical feasibility and economic viability and the overall environmental, human health and social impacts, respecting the need to ensure the proper functioning of the internal market.

4.   The extended producer responsibility shall be applied without prejudice to the responsibility for waste management as provided for in Article 13(1).

Article 8

Recovery

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that waste undergoes recovery operations, in accordance with Articles 10 and 11.

2.   Where necessary to comply with paragraph 1 and to facilitate or improve recovery, waste shall be collected separately if technically, environmentally and economically practicable and shall not be mixed with other waste or other material with different properties.

Article 9

Disposal

Member States shall ensure that, where recovery in accordance with Article 8(1) is not undertaken, waste undergoes disposal operations.

Article 10

Protection of human health and the environment

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that waste management is carried out without endangering human health, without harming the environment and, in particular:

| (a) | without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals;

| (b) | without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

without causing a nuisance through noise or odours; and

| (c) | without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest.

Article 11

Waste hierarchy

1.   The following waste hierarchy shall apply as a guiding principle in waste prevention and management legislation and policy:

| (a) | prevention; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

prevention;

| (b) | preparing for re-use; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

preparing for re-use;

| (c) | recycling; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

recycling;

| (d) | other recovery, e.g. energy recovery; and |
| --- | --- |

(d)

other recovery, e.g. energy recovery; and

| (e) | disposal. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

disposal.

2.   When applying the waste hierarchy referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall take measures to encourage the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome. This may require specific waste streams departing from the hierarchy where this is justified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste.

Member States shall take into account the general environmental protection principles of precaution and sustainability, technical feasibility and economic viability, protection of resources as well as the overall environmental, human health, economic and social impacts, in accordance with Articles 1 and 10.

Article 12

Costs

1.   In accordance with the polluter-pays principle, the costs of waste management shall be borne by the original waste producer or by the current or previous waste holders.

2.   Member States may decide that the costs of waste management are to be borne partly or wholly by the producer of the product from which the waste came and that the distributors of such product may share these costs.

CHAPTER III

Waste management

Article 13

Responsibility for waste management

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that any original waste producer or other holder carries out the treatment of waste himself or has the treatment handled by a dealer or an establishment or undertaking which carries out waste treatment operations or arranged by a private or public waste collector in accordance with Articles 10 and 11.

2.   When the waste is transferred from the original producer or holder to one of the natural or legal persons referred to in paragraph 1 for preliminary treatment, the responsibility for carrying out a complete recovery or disposal operation shall not be discharged as a general rule.

Without prejudice to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, Member States may specify the conditions of responsibility and decide in which cases the original producer is to retain responsibility for the whole treatment chain or in which cases the responsibility of the producer and the holder can be shared or delegated among the actors of the treatment chain.

3.   Member States may decide, in accordance with Article 7, that the responsibility for arranging waste management is to be borne partly or wholly by the producer of the product from which the waste came and that distributors of such product may share this responsibility.

4.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, within their territory, the establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis deliver the waste collected and transported to appropriate treatment installations respecting the obligations provided for in Article 10.

Article 14

Principles of self-sufficiency and proximity

1.   Member States shall take appropriate measures, in cooperation with other Member States where this is necessary or advisable, to establish an integrated and adequate network of waste disposal installations and of installations for the recovery of mixed municipal waste collected from private households, including where such collection also covers such waste from other producers, taking into account best available techniques.

By way of derogation from Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, Member States may, in order to protect their network, limit incoming shipments of waste destined to incinerators that are classified as recovery, where it has been established that such shipments would result in national waste having to be disposed of or waste having to be treated in a way that is not consistent with their waste management plans. Member States shall notify the Commission of any such decision. Member States may also limit outgoing shipments of waste on environmental grounds as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.

2.   The network shall be designed to enable the Community as a whole to become self-sufficient in waste disposal as well as in the recovery of waste referred to in paragraph 1, and to enable Member States to move towards that aim individually, taking into account geographical circumstances or the need for specialised installations for certain types of waste.

3.   The network shall enable waste to be disposed of or waste referred to in paragraph 1 to be recovered in one of the nearest appropriate installations, by means of the most appropriate methods and technologies, in order to ensure a high level of protection for the environment and public health.

4.   The principles of proximity and self-sufficiency shall not mean that each Member State has to possess the full range of final recovery facilities within that Member State.

Article 15

Ban on the mixing of hazardous waste

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that hazardous waste is not mixed, either with other categories of hazardous waste or with other waste, substances or materials. Mixing shall include the dilution of hazardous substances.

2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may allow mixing provided that:

| (a) | the mixing operation is carried out by an establishment or undertaking which has obtained a permit in accordance with Article 20; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the mixing operation is carried out by an establishment or undertaking which has obtained a permit in accordance with Article 20;

| (b) | the conditions laid down in Article 10 are complied with and the adverse impact of the waste management on human health and the environment is not increased; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the conditions laid down in Article 10 are complied with and the adverse impact of the waste management on human health and the environment is not increased; and

| (c) | the mixing operation conforms to best available techniques. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the mixing operation conforms to best available techniques.

3.   Subject to technical and economic feasibility criteria, where hazardous waste has been mixed in a manner contrary to paragraph 1, separation shall be carried out where possible and necessary in order to comply with Article 10.

Article 16

Labelling of hazardous waste

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, in the course of collection, transport and temporary storage, hazardous waste is packaged and labelled in accordance with the international and Community standards in force.

2.   Whenever hazardous waste is transferred within a Member State, it shall be accompanied by an identification document, which may be in electronic format, containing the appropriate data specified in Annex IB to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006.

Article 17

Hazardous waste produced by households

Articles 15, 16 and 32 shall not apply to mixed waste produced by households.

Articles 16 and 32 shall not apply to separate fractions of hazardous waste produced by households until they are accepted for collection, disposal or recovery by an establishment or an undertaking which has obtained a permit or has been registered in accordance with Articles 20 or 23.

Article 18

Waste oils

1.   Without prejudice to the obligations related to the management of hazardous waste laid down in Articles 15 and 16, Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that:

| (a) | waste oils are collected separately, where this is technically feasible; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

waste oils are collected separately, where this is technically feasible;

| (b) | waste oils are treated in accordance with Articles 10 and 11; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

waste oils are treated in accordance with Articles 10 and 11;

| (c) | where this is technically feasible and economically viable, waste oils of different characteristics are not mixed and waste oils are not mixed with other kinds of waste or substances, if such mixing impedes their treatment. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

where this is technically feasible and economically viable, waste oils of different characteristics are not mixed and waste oils are not mixed with other kinds of waste or substances, if such mixing impedes their treatment.

2.   For the purposes of separate collection of waste oils and their proper treatment, Member States may, according to their national conditions, apply additional measures such as technical requirements, producer responsibility, economic instruments or voluntary agreements.

3.   If waste oils, according to national legislation, are subject to requirements of regeneration, Member States may prescribe that such waste oils shall be regenerated if technically feasible and, where Articles 11 or 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 apply, restrict the transboundary shipment of waste oils from their territory to incineration or co-incineration facilities in order to give priority to the regeneration of waste oils.

Article 19

Bio-waste

Member States shall take measures, as appropriate, and in accordance with Articles 10 and 11, to encourage:

| (a) | the separate collection of bio-waste; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the separate collection of bio-waste;

| (b) | the treatment of bio-waste in a way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

the treatment of bio-waste in a way that fulfils a high level of environmental protection;

| (c) | the use of environmentally safe materials produced from bio-waste. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the use of environmentally safe materials produced from bio-waste.

The Commission shall carry out an assessment on the management of bio-waste with a view to submitting a proposal if appropriate.

CHAPTER IV

Permits and registrations

Article 20

Issue of permits

1.   Member States shall require any establishment or undertaking intending to carry out waste treatment to obtain a permit from the competent authority.

Such permits shall specify at least the following:

| (a) | the types and quantities of waste that may be treated; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the types and quantities of waste that may be treated;

| (b) | for each type of operation permitted, the technical and any other requirements relevant to the site concerned; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

for each type of operation permitted, the technical and any other requirements relevant to the site concerned;

| (c) | the safety and precautionary measures to be taken; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the safety and precautionary measures to be taken;

| (d) | the method to be used for each type of operation; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

the method to be used for each type of operation;

| (e) | such monitoring and control operations as may be necessary; |
| --- | --- |

(e)

such monitoring and control operations as may be necessary;

| (f) | such closure and after-care provisions as may be necessary. |
| --- | --- |

(f)

such closure and after-care provisions as may be necessary.

2.   Permits may be granted for a specified period and may be renewable.

3.   Where the competent authority considers that the intended method of treatment is unacceptable from the point of view of environmental protection, in particular when the method is not in accordance with Article 10, it shall refuse to issue the permit.

4.   It shall be a condition of any permit covering incineration or co-incineration with energy recovery that the recovery of energy take place with a high level of energy efficiency.

5.   Provided that the requirements of this Article are complied with, any permit produced pursuant to other national or Community legislation may be combined with the permit required under paragraph 1 to form a single permit, where such a format obviates the unnecessary duplication of information and the repetition of work by the operator or the competent authority.

Article 21

Exemptions from permit requirements

Member States may exempt from the requirement laid down in Article 20(1) establishments or undertakings for the following operations:

| (a) | disposal of their own non-hazardous waste at the place of production; or |
| --- | --- |

(a)

disposal of their own non-hazardous waste at the place of production; or

| (b) | recovery of waste. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

recovery of waste.

Article 22

Conditions for exemptions

1.   Where a Member State wishes to allow exemptions, as provided for in Article 21, it shall lay down, in respect of each type of activity, general rules specifying the types and quantities of waste that may be covered by an exemption, and the method of treatment to be used.

Those rules shall be designed to ensure that waste is treated in accordance with Article 10. In the case of disposal operations referred to in point (a) of Article 21 those rules should consider best available techniques.

2.   In addition to the general rules provided for in paragraph 1, Member States shall lay down specific conditions for exemptions relating to hazardous waste, including types of activity, as well as any other necessary requirement for carrying out different forms of recovery and, where relevant, the limit values for the content of hazardous substances in the waste as well as the emission limit values.

3.   Member States shall inform the Commission of the general rules laid down pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2.

Article 23

Registration

Where the following are not subject to permit requirements, Member States shall ensure that the competent authority keeps a register of:

| (a) | establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis;

| (b) | dealers or brokers; and |
| --- | --- |

(b)

dealers or brokers; and

| (c) | establishments or undertakings which are subject to exemptions from the permit requirements pursuant to Article 21. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

establishments or undertakings which are subject to exemptions from the permit requirements pursuant to Article 21.

Article 24

Minimum standards

1.   Technical minimum standards for treatment activities which require a permit pursuant to Article 20 may be adopted where there is evidence that a benefit in terms of the protection of human health and the environment would be gained from such minimum standards. These measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

2.   Such minimum standards shall cover only those waste treatment activities that are not covered by Directive 96/61/EC or are not appropriate for coverage by that Directive.

3.   Such minimum standards shall:

| (a) | be directed to the main environmental impacts of the waste treatment activity; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

be directed to the main environmental impacts of the waste treatment activity;

| (b) | ensure that the waste is treated in accordance with Article 10; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

ensure that the waste is treated in accordance with Article 10;

| (c) | take into account best available techniques; and |
| --- | --- |

(c)

take into account best available techniques; and

| (d) | as appropriate, include elements regarding the quality of treatment and the process requirements. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

as appropriate, include elements regarding the quality of treatment and the process requirements.

4.   Minimum standards for activities that require registration pursuant to points (a) and (b) of Article 23 shall be adopted where there is evidence that a benefit in terms of the protection of human health and the environment or in avoiding disruption to the internal market would be gained from such minimum standards, including elements regarding the technical qualification of collectors, transporters, dealers or brokers.

These measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

CHAPTER V

Plans and programmes

Article 25

Waste management plans

1.   Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities establish, in accordance with Articles 1, 10, 11 and 14, one or more waste management plans.

Those plans shall, alone or in combination, cover the entire geographical territory of the Member State concerned.

2.   The waste management plans shall set out an analysis of the current waste management situation in the geographical entity concerned, as well as the measures to be taken to improve environmentally sound preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal of waste and an evaluation of how the plan will support the implementation of the objectives and provisions of this Directive.

3.   The waste management plans shall contain, as appropriate and taking into account the geographical level and coverage of the planning area, at least the following:

| (a) | the type, quantity and source of waste generated within the territory, the waste likely to be shipped from or to the national territory, and an evaluation of the development of waste streams in the future; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

the type, quantity and source of waste generated within the territory, the waste likely to be shipped from or to the national territory, and an evaluation of the development of waste streams in the future;

| (b) | existing waste collection schemes and major disposal and recovery installations, including any special arrangements for waste oils, hazardous waste or waste streams addressed by specific Community legislation; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

existing waste collection schemes and major disposal and recovery installations, including any special arrangements for waste oils, hazardous waste or waste streams addressed by specific Community legislation;

| (c) | an assessment of the need for new collection schemes, the closure of existing waste installations, additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance with Article 14, and, if necessary, the investments related thereto; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

an assessment of the need for new collection schemes, the closure of existing waste installations, additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance with Article 14, and, if necessary, the investments related thereto;

| (d) | sufficient information on the location criteria for site identification and on the capacity of future disposal or major recovery installations, if necessary; |
| --- | --- |

(d)

sufficient information on the location criteria for site identification and on the capacity of future disposal or major recovery installations, if necessary;

| (e) | general waste management policies, including planned waste management technologies and methods, or policies for waste posing specific management problems. |
| --- | --- |

(e)

general waste management policies, including planned waste management technologies and methods, or policies for waste posing specific management problems.

4.   The waste management plan may contain, taking into account the geographical level and coverage of the planning area, the following:

| (a) | organisational aspects related to waste management including a description of the allocation of responsibilities between public and private actors carrying out the waste management; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

organisational aspects related to waste management including a description of the allocation of responsibilities between public and private actors carrying out the waste management;

| (b) | an evaluation of the usefulness and suitability of the use of economic and other instruments in tackling various waste problems, taking into account the need to maintain the smooth functioning of the internal market; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

an evaluation of the usefulness and suitability of the use of economic and other instruments in tackling various waste problems, taking into account the need to maintain the smooth functioning of the internal market;

| (c) | the use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at the general public or at a specific set of consumers; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

the use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at the general public or at a specific set of consumers;

| (d) | historical contaminated waste disposal sites and measures for their rehabilitation. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

historical contaminated waste disposal sites and measures for their rehabilitation.

5.   Waste management plans shall conform to the waste planning requirements laid down in Article 14 of Directive 94/62/EC and the strategy for the implementation of the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills, referred to in Article 5 of Directive 1999/31/EC.

Article 26

Waste prevention programmes

1.   Member States shall establish, in accordance with Articles 1 and 11, waste prevention programmes not later than ... (23).

Such programmes shall be integrated either into the waste management plans provided for in Article 25 or into other environmental policy programmes, as appropriate, or shall function as separate programmes. If any such programme is integrated into the waste management plan or into other programmes, the waste prevention measures shall be clearly identified.

2.   The programmes provided for in paragraph 1 shall set out the waste prevention objectives. Member States shall describe the existing prevention measures and evaluate the usefulness of the examples of measures indicated in Annex IV or other appropriate measures.

The aim of such objectives and measures shall be to break the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste.

3.   Member States shall determine appropriate specific qualitative or quantitative benchmarks for waste prevention measures adopted in order to monitor and assess the progress of the measures and may determine specific qualitative or quantitative targets and indicators, other than those referred to in paragraph 4, for the same purpose.

4.   Indicators for waste prevention measures may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 36(3).

5.   The Commission shall develop guidelines in order to assist the Member States in the preparation of the Programmes.

Article 27

Evaluation and review of plans and programmes

Member States shall ensure that the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes are evaluated at least every sixth year and revised as appropriate.

Article 28

Public participation

Member States shall ensure that relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public have the opportunity to participate in the elaboration of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes, and have access to them once elaborated, in accordance with Directive 2003/35/EC or, if relevant, Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment (24). They shall place the plans and programmes on a publicly available website.

Article 29

Cooperation

Member States shall cooperate as appropriate with the other Member States concerned and the Commission to draw up the waste management plans and the waste prevention programmes in accordance with Articles 25 and 26.

Article 30

Information to be submitted to the Commission

1.   Member States shall inform the Commission of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes referred to in Articles 25 and 26, once adopted, and of any substantial revisions to the plans and programmes.

2.   The format for notifying the information on the adoption and substantial revisions of those plans and programmes shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 36(3).

CHAPTER VI

Inspections and records

Article 31

Inspections

1.   Establishments or undertakings which carry out waste treatment operations, establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis, brokers and dealers, and establishments or undertakings which produce hazardous waste shall be subject to appropriate periodic inspections by the competent authorities.

2.   Inspections concerning collection and transport operations shall cover the origin, nature, quantity and destination of the waste collected and transported.

3.   Member States may take account of registrations obtained under the Community Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), in particular regarding the frequency and intensity of inspections.

Article 32

Record keeping

1.   The establishments or undertakings referred to in Article 20(1), the producers of hazardous waste and the establishments and undertakings which collect or transport hazardous waste on a professional basis, or act as dealers and brokers of hazardous waste, shall keep a record of the quantity, nature and origin of the waste, and, where relevant, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method foreseen in respect of the waste, and shall make that information available, on request, to the competent authorities.

2.   For hazardous waste, the records shall be preserved for at least three years except in the case of establishments and undertakings transporting hazardous waste which must keep such records for at least 12 months.

Documentary evidence that the management operations have been carried out shall be supplied at the request of the competent authorities or of a previous holder.

3.   Member States may require the producers of non-hazardous waste to comply with paragraphs 1 and 2.

Article 33

Enforcement and penalties

1.   Member States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the abandonment, dumping or uncontrolled management of waste.

2.   Members States shall lay down provisions on the penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

CHAPTER VII

Final provisions

Article 34

Reporting and reviewing

1.   Every three years, Member States shall inform the Commission of the implementation of this Directive by submitting a sectoral report in an electronic form. This report shall also contain information on the management of waste oil and on the progress achieved in the implementation of the waste prevention programmes.

The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline established by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 6 of Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment (25). The report shall be submitted to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three year period covered by it.

2.   The Commission shall send the questionnaire or outline to the Member States six months before the start of the period covered by the sectoral report.

3.   The Commission shall publish a report on the implementation of this Directive within nine months of receiving the sectoral reports from the Member States in accordance with paragraph 1.

4.   In the first report that intervenes by ... (26), the Commission shall review the implementation of this Directive and will present a proposal for revision if appropriate. The report shall also assess the existing Member State waste prevention programmes, targets and indicators on the basis of information submitted under Article 30 and shall review the opportunity of Community level programmes, targets and indicators.

Article 35

Interpretation and adaptation to technical progress

1.   The Commission may develop guidelines for the interpretation of the definitions of recovery and disposal in points (14) and (18) of Article 3.

If necessary, the application of the formula for incineration facilities referred to in Annex II, R 1, shall be specified. Local climatic conditions may be taken into account, such as the severity of the cold and the need for heating insofar as they influence the amounts of energy that can technically be used or produced in the form of electricity, heating, cooling or processing steam. Local conditions of the outermost regions as recognised in the fourth subparagraph of Article 299(2) of the Treaty and of the territories mentioned in Article 25 of the 1985 Act of Accession may also be taken into account. This measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

2.   The Annexes may be amended in the light of scientific and technical progress. These measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 36(2).

Article 36

Committee procedure

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

3.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

4.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

Article 37

Transposition

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by ... (27).

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 38

Repeal

Directives 75/439/EEC, 91/689/EEC and 2006/12/EC are hereby repealed with effect from ... (28).

References to the repealed Directives shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table set out in Annex V.

Article 39

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 40

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

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(1)  OJ C 309, 16.12.2006, p. 55.

1

(2)  Opinion of 14 June 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

2

(3)  Opinion of the European Parliament of 13 February 2007 (not yet published in the Official Journal), Council Common Position of 20 December 2007 and Position of the European Parliament of ... (not yet published in the Official Journal).

3

(4)  OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.

4

(5)  OJ L 242, 10.9.2002, p. 1.

5

(6)  OJ C 104 E, 30.4.2004, p. 401.

6

(7)  OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).

7

(8)  OJ L 273, 10.10.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 829/2007 (OJ L 191, 21.7.2007, p. 1).

8

(9)  OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3.

9

(10)  OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

10

(11)  OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. Directive as last amended by Directive 2005/20/EC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 17).

11

(12)  OJ L 269, 21.10.2000, p. 34. Directive as last amended by Council Decision 2005/673/EC (OJ L 254, 30.9.2005, p. 69).

12

(13)  OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24.

13

(14)  OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1.

14

(15)  OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1.

15

(16)  OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 17.

16

(17)  OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).

17

(18)  OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/76/EC (OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91).

18

(19)  OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56. Directive as amended by Directive 2006/21/EC (OJ L 102, 11.4.2006, p. 15).

19

(20)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision 2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

20

(21)  OJ C 321, 31.12.2003, p. 1.

21

(22)  OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as last amended by Council Directive 2006/96/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 81).

22

(23)  Five years after the entry into force of this Directive.

23

(24)  OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.

24

(25)  OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.

25

(26)  Six years after the entry into force of this Directive.

26

(27)  24 months from the date of entry into force of this Directive.

27

(28)  24 months from the entry into force of this Directive.

28

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ANNEX I

Disposal operations

| D 1 | Deposit into or on to land (e.g. landfill, etc.) |
| --- | --- |
| D 2 | Land treatment (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils, etc.) |
| D 3 | Deep injection (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories, etc.) |
| D 4 | Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.) |
| D 5 | Specially engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment, etc.) |
| D 6 | Release into a water body except seas/oceans |
| D 7 | Release to seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion |
| D 8 | Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 |
| D 9 | Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 (e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.) |
| D 10 | Incineration on land |
| D 11 | Incineration at sea (1) |
| D 12 | Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.) |
| D 13 | Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 (2) |
| D 14 | Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 13 |
| D 15 | Storage pending any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced) (3) |

D 1

Deposit into or on to land (e.g. landfill, etc.)

D 2

Land treatment (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils, etc.)

D 3

Deep injection (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories, etc.)

D 4

Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.)

D 5

Specially engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment, etc.)

D 6

Release into a water body except seas/oceans

D 7

Release to seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion

D 8

Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12

D 9

Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 (e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination, etc.)

D 10

Incineration on land

D 11

Incineration at sea (1)

D 12

Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.)

D 13

Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12 (2)

D 14

Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 13

D 15

Storage pending any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced) (3)

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(1)  This operation is prohibited by EU legislation and international conventions.

(2)  If there is no other D code appropriate, this can include preliminary operations prior to disposal including pre-processing such as, inter alia, sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising, drying, shredding, conditioning or separating prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D 1 to D 12.

(3)  Temporary storage means preliminary storage according to point (10) of Article 3.

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ANNEX II

Recovery operations

| R 1 | Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy (1) |
| --- | --- |
| R 2 | Solvent reclamation/regeneration |
| R 3 | Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes) (2) |
| R 4 | Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds |
| R 5 | Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials (3) |
| R 6 | Regeneration of acids or bases |
| R 7 | Recovery of components used for pollution abatement |
| R 8 | Recovery of components from catalysts |
| R 9 | Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil |
| R 10 | Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement |
| R 11 | Use of waste obtained from any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 10 |
| R 12 | Exchange of waste for submission to any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 11 (4) |
| R 13 | Storage of waste pending any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced) (5) |

R 1

Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy (1)

R 2

Solvent reclamation/regeneration

R 3

Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes) (2)

R 4

Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

R 5

Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials (3)

R 6

Regeneration of acids or bases

R 7

Recovery of components used for pollution abatement

R 8

Recovery of components from catalysts

R 9

Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil

R 10

Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement

R 11

Use of waste obtained from any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 10

R 12

Exchange of waste for submission to any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 11 (4)

R 13

Storage of waste pending any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where the waste is produced) (5)

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(1)  This includes incineration facilities dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste only where their energy efficiency is equal to or above:

| — | 0,60 for installations in operation and permitted in accordance with applicable Community legislation before 1 January 2009, |
| --- | --- |

—

0,60 for installations in operation and permitted in accordance with applicable Community legislation before 1 January 2009,

| — | 0,65 for installations permitted after 31 December 2008, |
| --- | --- |

—

0,65 for installations permitted after 31 December 2008,

using the following formula:

Energy efficiency = (Ep – (Ef + Ei))/(0,97 × (Ew + Ef))

In which:

Ep means annual energy produced as heat or electricity. It is calculated with energy in the form of electricity being multiplied by 2,6 and heat produced for commercial use multiplied by 1,1 (GJ/year),

Ef means annual energy input to the system from fuels contributing to the production of steam (GJ/year),

Ew means annual energy contained in the treated waste calculated using the lower net calorific value of the waste (GJ/year),

Ei means annual energy imported excluding Ew and Ef (GJ/year),

0,97 is a factor accounting for energy losses due to bottom ash and radiation.

This formula shall be applied in accordance with the reference document on Best Available Techniques for waste incineration.

(2)  This includes gasification and pyrolisis using the components as chemicals.

(3)  This includes soil cleaning resulting in recovery of the soil and recycling of inorganic construction materials.

(4)  If there is no other R code appropriate, this can include preliminary operations prior to recovery including pre-processing such as, inter alia, dismantling, sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising, drying, shredding, conditioning, repackaging, separating, blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered R 1 to R 11.

(5)  Temporary storage means preliminary storage according to point (10) of Article 3.

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ANNEX III

Properties of waste which render it hazardous

| H 1 | ‘Explosive’: substances and preparations which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene. |
| --- | --- |
| H 2 | ‘Oxidizing’: substances and preparations which exhibit highly exothermic reactions when in contact with other substances, particularly flammable substances. |
| H 3-A | ‘Highly flammable’






  — | liquid substances and preparations having a flash point below 21 °C (including extremely flammable liquids), or |

H 1

‘Explosive’: substances and preparations which may explode under the effect of flame or which are more sensitive to shocks or friction than dinitrobenzene.

H 2

‘Oxidizing’: substances and preparations which exhibit highly exothermic reactions when in contact with other substances, particularly flammable substances.

H 3-A

‘Highly flammable’

—

liquid substances and preparations having a flash point below 21 °C (including extremely flammable liquids), or

| — | substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy, or |
| --- | --- |

—

substances and preparations which may become hot and finally catch fire in contact with air at ambient temperature without any application of energy, or

| — | solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or |
| --- | --- |

—

solid substances and preparations which may readily catch fire after brief contact with a source of ignition and which continue to burn or to be consumed after removal of the source of ignition, or

| — | gaseous substances and preparations which are flammable in air at normal pressure, or |
| --- | --- |

—

gaseous substances and preparations which are flammable in air at normal pressure, or

| — | substances and preparations which, in contact with water or damp air, evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities. |
| --- | --- |

—

substances and preparations which, in contact with water or damp air, evolve highly flammable gases in dangerous quantities.

H 3-B

‘Flammable’: liquid substances and preparations having a flash point equal to or greater than 21 °C and less than or equal to 55 °C.

H 4

‘Irritant’: non-corrosive substances and preparations which, through immediate, prolonged or repeated contact with the skin or mucous membrane, can cause inflammation.

H 5

‘Harmful’: substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve limited health risks.

H 6

‘Toxic’: substances and preparations (including very toxic substances and preparations) which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve serious, acute or chronic health risks and even death.

H 7

‘Carcinogenic’: substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce cancer or increase its incidence.

H 8

‘Corrosive’: substances and preparations which may destroy living tissue on contact.

H 9

‘Infectious’: substances and preparations containing viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in man or other living organisms.

H 10

‘Toxic for reproduction’: substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce non-hereditary congenital malformations or increase their incidence.

H 11

‘Mutagenic’: substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may induce hereditary genetic defects or increase their incidence.

H 12

Waste which releases toxic or very toxic gases in contact with water, air or an acid.

H 13 (1)

‘Sensitizing’: substances and preparations which, if they are inhaled or if they penetrate the skin, are capable of eliciting a reaction of hypersensitization such that on further exposure to the substance or preparation, characteristic adverse effects are produced.

H 14

‘Ecotoxic’: waste which presents or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the environment.

H 15

Waste capable by any means, after disposal, of yielding another substance, e.g. a leachate, which possesses any of the characteristics listed above.

Notes

| 1. | Attribution of the hazardous properties ‘toxic’ (and ‘very toxic’), ‘harmful’, ‘corrosive’, ‘irritant’, ‘carcinogenic’, ‘toxic to reproduction’, ‘mutagenic’ and ‘eco-toxic’ is made on the basis of the criteria laid down by Annex VI of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (2). |
| --- | --- |

1.

Attribution of the hazardous properties ‘toxic’ (and ‘very toxic’), ‘harmful’, ‘corrosive’, ‘irritant’, ‘carcinogenic’, ‘toxic to reproduction’, ‘mutagenic’ and ‘eco-toxic’ is made on the basis of the criteria laid down by Annex VI of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances (2).

| 2. | Where relevant the limit values listed in Annex II and III of Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (3) shall apply. |
| --- | --- |

2.

Where relevant the limit values listed in Annex II and III of Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations (3) shall apply.

Test methods

The methods to be used are described in Annex V to Directive 67/548/EEC and in other relevant CEN-notes.

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(1)  As far as testing methods are available.

(2)  OJ 196, 16.8.1967, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/102/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 241).

(3)  OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1. Corrected version in OJ L 136, 29.5.2007, p. 3).

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ANNEX IV

Examples of waste prevention measures referred to in Article 26

Measures that can affect the framework conditions related to the generation of waste

| 1. | The use of planning measures, or other economic instruments promoting the efficient use of resources. |
| --- | --- |

1.

The use of planning measures, or other economic instruments promoting the efficient use of resources.

| 2. | The promotion of research and development into the area of achieving cleaner and less wasteful products and technologies and the dissemination and use of the results of such research and development. |
| --- | --- |

2.

The promotion of research and development into the area of achieving cleaner and less wasteful products and technologies and the dissemination and use of the results of such research and development.

| 3. | The development of effective and meaningful indicators of the environmental pressures associated with the generation of waste aimed at contributing to the prevention of waste generation at all levels, from product comparisons at Community level through action by local authorities to national measures. |
| --- | --- |

3.

The development of effective and meaningful indicators of the environmental pressures associated with the generation of waste aimed at contributing to the prevention of waste generation at all levels, from product comparisons at Community level through action by local authorities to national measures.

Measures that can affect the design and production and distribution phase

| 4. | The promotion of eco-design (the systematic integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim to improve the environmental performance of the product throughout its whole life cycle). |
| --- | --- |

4.

The promotion of eco-design (the systematic integration of environmental aspects into product design with the aim to improve the environmental performance of the product throughout its whole life cycle).

| 5. | The provision of information on waste prevention techniques with a view to facilitating the implementation of best available techniques by industry. |
| --- | --- |

5.

The provision of information on waste prevention techniques with a view to facilitating the implementation of best available techniques by industry.

| 6. | Organise training of competent authorities as regards the insertion of waste prevention requirements in permits under this Directive and Directive 96/61/EC. |
| --- | --- |

6.

Organise training of competent authorities as regards the insertion of waste prevention requirements in permits under this Directive and Directive 96/61/EC.

| 7. | The inclusion of measures to prevent waste production at installations not falling under Directive 96/61/EC. Where appropriate, such measures could include waste prevention assessments or plans. |
| --- | --- |

7.

The inclusion of measures to prevent waste production at installations not falling under Directive 96/61/EC. Where appropriate, such measures could include waste prevention assessments or plans.

| 8. | The use of awareness campaigns or the provision of financial, decision making or other support to businesses. Such measures are likely to be particularly effective where they are aimed at, and adapted to, small and medium sized enterprises and work through established business networks. |
| --- | --- |

8.

The use of awareness campaigns or the provision of financial, decision making or other support to businesses. Such measures are likely to be particularly effective where they are aimed at, and adapted to, small and medium sized enterprises and work through established business networks.

| 9. | The use of voluntary agreements, consumer/producer panels or sectoral negotiations in order that the relevant businesses or industrial sectors set their own waste prevention plans or objectives or correct wasteful products or packaging. |
| --- | --- |

9.

The use of voluntary agreements, consumer/producer panels or sectoral negotiations in order that the relevant businesses or industrial sectors set their own waste prevention plans or objectives or correct wasteful products or packaging.

| 10. | The promotion of creditable environmental management systems, including EMAS and ISO 14001. |
| --- | --- |

10.

The promotion of creditable environmental management systems, including EMAS and ISO 14001.

Measures that can affect the consumption and use phase

| 11. | Economic instruments such as incentives for clean purchases or the institution of an obligatory payment by consumers for a given article or element of packaging that would otherwise be provided free of charge. |
| --- | --- |

11.

Economic instruments such as incentives for clean purchases or the institution of an obligatory payment by consumers for a given article or element of packaging that would otherwise be provided free of charge.

| 12. | The use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at the general public or a specific set of consumers. |
| --- | --- |

12.

The use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at the general public or a specific set of consumers.

| 13. | The promotion of creditable eco-labels. |
| --- | --- |

13.

The promotion of creditable eco-labels.

| 14. | Agreements with industry, such as the use of product panels such as those being carried out within the framework of Integrated Product Policies or with retailers on the availability of waste prevention information and products with a lower environmental impact. |
| --- | --- |

14.

Agreements with industry, such as the use of product panels such as those being carried out within the framework of Integrated Product Policies or with retailers on the availability of waste prevention information and products with a lower environmental impact.

| 15. | In the context of public and corporate procurement, the integration of environmental and waste prevention criteria into calls for tenders and contracts, in line with the Handbook on environmental public procurement published by the Commission on 29 October 2004. |
| --- | --- |

15.

In the context of public and corporate procurement, the integration of environmental and waste prevention criteria into calls for tenders and contracts, in line with the Handbook on environmental public procurement published by the Commission on 29 October 2004.

| 16. | The promotion of the reuse and/or repair of appropriate discarded products or of their components, notably through the use of educational, economic, logistic or other measures such as support to or establishment of accredited repair and reuse-centres and networks especially in densely populated regions. |
| --- | --- |

16.

The promotion of the reuse and/or repair of appropriate discarded products or of their components, notably through the use of educational, economic, logistic or other measures such as support to or establishment of accredited repair and reuse-centres and networks especially in densely populated regions.

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ANNEX V

Correlation table

| Directive 2006/12/EC | This Directive |
| --- | --- |
| Article 1(1)(a) | Article 3(1) |
| Article 1(1)(b) | Article 3(5) |
| Article 1(1)(c) | Article 3(6) |
| Article 1(1)(d) | Article 3(9) |
| Article 1(1)(e) | Article 3(18) |
| Article 1(1)(f) | Article 3(14) |
| Article 1(1)(g) | Article 3(10) |
| Article 1(2) | Article 6 |
| Article 2(1) | Article 2(1) |
| Article 2(1)(a) | Article 2(1)(a) |
| Article 2(1)(b) | Article 2(2) |
| Article 2(1)(b)(i) | Article 2(1)(d) |
| Article 2(1)(b)(ii) | Article 2(2)(d) |
| Article 2(1)(b)(iii) | Article 2(1)(f) and (2)(c) |
| Article 2(1)(b)(iv) | Article 2(2)(a) |
| Article 2(1)(b)(v) | Article 2(1)(e) |
| Article 2(2) | Article 2(4) |
| Article 3(1) | Article 11 |
| Article 4(1) | Article 10 |
| Article 4(2) | Article 33(1) |
| Article 5 | Article 14 |
| Article 6 | — |
| Article 7 | Article 25 |
| Article 8 | Article 13 |
| Article 9 | Article 20 |
| Article 10 | Article 20 |
| Article 11 | Articles 21 and 22 |
| Article 12 | Article 23 |
| Article 13 | Article 31 |
| Article 14 | Article 32 |
| Article 15 | Article 12 |
| Article 16 | Article 34 |
| Article 17 | Article 35 |
| Article 18(1) | Article 36(1) |
| — | Article 36(2) |
| Article 18(2) | Article 36(4) |
| Article 18(3) | Article 36(3) |
| Article 19 | Article 37 |
| Article 20 | — |
| Article 21 | Article 39 |
| Article 22 | Article 40 |
| Annex I | — |
| Annex IIA | Annex I |
| Annex IIB | Annex II |
| Directive 75/439/EEC | This Directive |
| Article 1(1) | Article 3(17) |
| Article 2 | Articles 10 and 18 |
| Article 3(1) and (2) | — |
| Article 3(3) | Article 10 |
| Article 4 | Article 10 |
| Article 5(1) | — |
| Article 5(2) | — |
| Article 5(3) | — |
| Article 5(4) | Articles 23 and 31 |
| Article 6 | Article 20 |
| Article 7(a) | Article 10 |
| Article 7(b) | — |
| Article 8(1) | — |
| Article 8(2)(a) | — |
| Article 8(2)(b) | — |
| Article 8(3) | — |
| Article 9 | — |
| Article 10(1) | Article 15 |
| Article 10(2) | Article 10 |
| Article 10(3) and (4) | — |
| Article 10(5) | Articles 16, 18, 22, 31 and 32 |
| Article 11 | — |
| Article 12 | Article 32 |
| Article 13(1) | Article 31 |
| Article 13(2) | — |
| Article 14 | — |
| Article 15 | — |
| Article 16 | — |
| Article 17 | — |
| Article 18 | Article 34 |
| Article 19 | — |
| Article 20 | — |
| Article 21 | — |
| Article 22 | — |
| Annex I | — |
| Directive 91/689/EEC | This Directive |
| Article 1(1) | — |
| Article 1(2) | — |
| Article 1(3) | — |
| Article 1(4) | Articles 3(2) and 6 |
| Article 1(5) | Article 17 |
| Article 2(1) | Article 20 |
| Article 2(2)-(4) | Article 15 |
| Article 3 | Articles 21, 22 and 23 |
| Article 4(1) | Article 31(1) |
| Article 4(2)(3) | Article 32 |
| Article 5(1) | Article 16(1) |
| Article 5(2) | Article 31(2) |
| Article 5(3) | Article 16(2) |
| Article 6 | Article 25 |
| Article 7 | — |
| Article 8 | — |
| Article 9 | — |
| Article 10 | — |
| Article 11 | — |
| Article 12 | — |
| Annexes I and II | — |
| Annex III | Annex III |

Directive 2006/12/EC

This Directive

Article 1(1)(a)

Article 3(1)

Article 1(1)(b)

Article 3(5)

Article 1(1)(c)

Article 3(6)

Article 1(1)(d)

Article 3(9)

Article 1(1)(e)

Article 3(18)

Article 1(1)(f)

Article 3(14)

Article 1(1)(g)

Article 3(10)

Article 1(2)

Article 6

Article 2(1)

Article 2(1)

Article 2(1)(a)

Article 2(1)(a)

Article 2(1)(b)

Article 2(2)

Article 2(1)(b)(i)

Article 2(1)(d)

Article 2(1)(b)(ii)

Article 2(2)(d)

Article 2(1)(b)(iii)

Article 2(1)(f) and (2)(c)

Article 2(1)(b)(iv)

Article 2(2)(a)

Article 2(1)(b)(v)

Article 2(1)(e)

Article 2(2)

Article 2(4)

Article 3(1)

Article 11

Article 4(1)

Article 10

Article 4(2)

Article 33(1)

Article 5

Article 14

Article 6

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Article 7

Article 25

Article 8

Article 13

Article 9

Article 20

Article 10

Article 20

Article 11

Articles 21 and 22

Article 12

Article 23

Article 13

Article 31

Article 14

Article 32

Article 15

Article 12

Article 16

Article 34

Article 17

Article 35

Article 18(1)

Article 36(1)

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Article 36(2)

Article 18(2)

Article 36(4)

Article 18(3)

Article 36(3)

Article 19

Article 37

Article 20

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Article 21

Article 39

Article 22

Article 40

Annex I

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Annex IIA

Annex I

Annex IIB

Annex II

Directive 75/439/EEC

This Directive

Article 1(1)

Article 3(17)

Article 2

Articles 10 and 18

Article 3(1) and (2)

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Article 3(3)

Article 10

Article 4

Article 10

Article 5(1)

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Article 5(2)

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Article 5(3)

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Article 5(4)

Articles 23 and 31

Article 6

Article 20

Article 7(a)

Article 10

Article 7(b)

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Article 8(1)

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Article 8(2)(a)

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Article 8(2)(b)

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Article 8(3)

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Article 9

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Article 10(1)

Article 15

Article 10(2)

Article 10

Article 10(3) and (4)

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Article 10(5)

Articles 16, 18, 22, 31 and 32

Article 11

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Article 12

Article 32

Article 13(1)

Article 31

Article 13(2)

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Article 14

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Article 15

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Article 16

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Article 17

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Article 18

Article 34

Article 19

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Article 20

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Article 21

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Article 22

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Annex I

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Directive 91/689/EEC

This Directive

Article 1(1)

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Article 1(2)

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Article 1(3)

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Article 1(4)

Articles 3(2) and 6

Article 1(5)

Article 17

Article 2(1)

Article 20

Article 2(2)-(4)

Article 15

Article 3

Articles 21, 22 and 23

Article 4(1)

Article 31(1)

Article 4(2)(3)

Article 32

Article 5(1)

Article 16(1)

Article 5(2)

Article 31(2)

Article 5(3)

Article 16(2)

Article 6

Article 25

Article 7

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Article 8

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Article 9

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Article 10

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Article 11

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Article 12

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Annexes I and II

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Annex III

Annex III

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STATEMENT OF THE COUNCIL'S REASONS

I.   INTRODUCTION

| 1. | The Commission forwarded to Council on 26 December 2005 a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (1). The proposal is based on Article 175(1) of the Treaty. |
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The Commission forwarded to Council on 26 December 2005 a proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (1). The proposal is based on Article 175(1) of the Treaty.

| 2. | The European Parliament adopted its first-reading Opinion on 13 February 2007.
  The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions delivered their Opinions on 19 June and 14 June 2006 respectively (2). |
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2.

The European Parliament adopted its first-reading Opinion on 13 February 2007.

The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions delivered their Opinions on 19 June and 14 June 2006 respectively (2).

| 3. | On 20 December 2007, the Council adopted its common position in accordance with Article 251 of the Treaty. |
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3.

On 20 December 2007, the Council adopted its common position in accordance with Article 251 of the Treaty.

II.   OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the draft Directive are to:

| — | simplify and modernise the current legislation, |
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simplify and modernise the current legislation,

| — | implement a more ambitious and more effective waste-prevention policy, |
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implement a more ambitious and more effective waste-prevention policy,

| — | encourage the re-use and recycling of waste. |
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encourage the re-use and recycling of waste.

The draft Directive provides for:

| — | the introduction of an environmental objective, |
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the introduction of an environmental objective,

| — | clarification of the notions of recovery and disposal, |
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clarification of the notions of recovery and disposal,

| — | clarification of the conditions for mixing hazardous waste, |
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clarification of the conditions for mixing hazardous waste,

| — | the introduction of a procedure to clarify when a waste ceases to be a waste for selected categories of waste, |
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the introduction of a procedure to clarify when a waste ceases to be a waste for selected categories of waste,

| — | a procedure to establish technical minimum standards for a number of waste management operations, |
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a procedure to establish technical minimum standards for a number of waste management operations,

| — | a new requirement to develop national waste prevention programmes. |
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a new requirement to develop national waste prevention programmes.

The proposal takes the form of a revision of the waste framework Directive (2006/12/EC). It integrates the Directive on hazardous waste (91/689/EEC) and the specific collection obligation of the Directive on waste oils (75/439/EEC); these Directives are thus to be repealed.

III.   ANALYSIS OF THE COMMON POSITION

1.   General

In its Plenary vote on 13 February 2007 the European Parliament adopted 120 amendments (subsequently merged into 104 amendments). The Council's common position incorporates several of them totally, in part or in principle, by means of similar wording. In particular, it includes modifications to the Commission's original proposal that will tighten the application of the waste hierarchy, that specifically address the issues of bio-waste and waste oils, and foresee the concept of extended producer responsibility to encourage waste prevention and recovery. In relation to the definition of waste and the provisions originally devoted to secondary products, provisions are introduced in order to determine, on the one hand, substances or objects that may be regarded as by-products and not as waste if complying with specific criteria and measures and, on the other hand, to determine certain specified waste which may reach an end-of-waste status, according to specific conditions, resulting in substances or objects which can be placed on the market in compliance with the rules applicable to products and substances.

The common position also includes other changes, not foreseen by the European Parliament, which address a number of concerns expressed by the Member States in the course of the negotiations.

The Commission has accepted the common position agreed by the Council.

2.   European Parliament Amendments

The Council:

| (a) | introduced in the common position 55 amendments in full, in part or in principle, as follows: |
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introduced in the common position 55 amendments in full, in part or in principle, as follows:

Recitals:

Amendment 1 and Amendment 4 on objectives have been taken over in part in Recitals 1 and 6, notably in connection with the waste hierarchy and the reference to the conservation of natural resources.

Amendment 5 on the need for a definition of ‘re-use’ has been taken up in part (Recitals 13 and 16). The common position also foresees a further definition for ‘preparing for re-use’ in order to facilitate the distinction between prevention and recovery operations, i.e. between re-use of products or components which are not waste (subject to ‘re-use’, to prevent waste) and the re-use of products or components that have become waste (subject to ‘preparing for re-use’, a recovery operation).

Amendment 6 on the need to clarify the definitions of recovery and disposal is partly taken on board by Recital 17 including a reference to the benefits of recovery operations to human health.

Amendment 7 on the need to clarify the definition of waste, is covered in part and in substance by Recital 20 and Articles 4 and 5 of the common position.

Amendment 8 on the polluter-pays principle and on producer responsibility is taken over in Recitals 24 and 25 of the common position.

Amendment 13 on waste oils is taken on board, in part and in spirit, by Recital 40 and Article 18. While the common position foresees the withdrawal of Directive 75/439/EEC on waste oils, Article 18 has been considerably developed and allows, in particular, Member States to maintain regeneration as a national priority.

Amendment 168 on the powers conferred on the Commission is partly covered in Recitals 42 and 43 although the scope for applying the new comitology procedure is wider in the common position.

Articles:

Amendment 101-14 on the subject matter and on the waste hierarchy are mostly covered in Article 1 and Article 11, coupled with Recitals 27 and 28. The common position, however, differs somewhat from this Amendment in that it considers, in particular, that subsidiarity should apply as regards procedures for departing from the hierarchy for certain waste streams.

Amendment 15-134-102-123-126 on exclusions from the scope of the Directive is partly covered in Article 2 as regards uncontaminated soil and other naturally-occurring material used for the purposes of construction on the site from which it was excavated, animal by-products (intended for uses that are not considered waste operations), non-hazardous sediments (relocated inside surface waters), the reference to further Commission proposals (Article 2(4)), but not as regards the addition of a reference to sewage sludge used in agriculture.

Amendment 19 adding a definition of ‘prevention’ is taken up in Article 3(11); actions related to the prevention of risks during waste management operations are not included as such, however, given that this definition should only concern measures taken before a substance, material or product has become a waste.

Amendment 20 on the definition of ‘re-use’ can be found in principle in Article 3(12) as far as this definition now clearly relates to products or components that are not waste which are used again for the same purpose for which they were conceived.

Amendment 21 on the definition of ‘recycling’ is covered in substance by Article 3(16).

Amendment 23 on the definition of ‘waste oils’ is incorporated in principle in Article 3(3) covering all industrial waste oils and any mineral or synthetic lubrication oil.

Amendment 24 on the definition of ‘treatment’ is incorporated in Article 3(13), which should be read jointly with Annexes I and II on disposal and recovery operations. In these Annexes the explanatory notes have been added to clarify the situation in respect to interim/preparatory operations.

Amendment 25 on the definition of ‘disposal’ is taken up in part and in substance by Article 3(18). The more operational part of the proposed definition, on the need for disposal operations to give a high priority to the protection of human health and the environment, is addressed in Article 10 (Protection of human health and the environment) and Article 11 (Waste hierarchy) of the common position.

Amendments 27, 28, 30, 31 and 34 suggesting definitions of ‘dealer’, ‘broker’, ‘bio-waste’, ‘best available techniques’ and ‘regeneration’ are integrated in Article 3 paragraphs (7), (8), (4), (19) and (17) respectively.

Amendment 107-121 on the distinction between by-products and waste is covered in part and in substance by Article 4 on by-products, to be read in conjunction with Recital 20 (first indent).

Amendment 35 on producer responsibility is taken up in part and in substance by Article 7 of the common position although the latter is not obligatory for Member States and does not provide for a follow-up procedure on its implementation. General reporting obligations and follow-up by the Commission are foreseen in Article 34 of the common position.

Amendment 169-36 on the list of waste is partly covered in Article 6, which now makes specific reference to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC and to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny for adapting the list in question. The common position does not follow the Amendment on other aspects; in particular, it is foreseen that the list should be binding only as regards the determination of hazardous waste.

Amendment 38-108-157-140-141 on recovery is partly taken on board. In particular: paragraph 1 is covered in Article 8(1) (reference to the objectives and to the waste hierarchy) and in Article 3(14) on the definition of recovery; paragraph 2 is taken up to a certain extent in Article 24 on technical minimum standards, specifying that the Commission may, where there is evidence that a benefit in terms of protection of human health and the environment would be gained, adopt technical minimum standards for treatment activities (recovery and disposal) taking into account inter alia best available techniques; paragraph 2b is covered partly by Annex IV on examples of waste prevention measures (for the waste prevention programmes referred to in Article 26) as regards economic instruments, procurement criteria and accredited re-use and repair networks.

As regards paragraph 2d on high-quality recycling, a reference to separate collection has been added in Article 8(2) while the existing obligation for separate collection of hazardous waste and waste oils is maintained in Articles 15 to 18. Other parts of this Amendment, notably where EU-level targets for re-use and recycling are established, have not been taken on board because they were considered unrealistic given the existing data gaps and/or premature.

Finally, the modifications related to the amendments to Annex II on recovery operations have not been taken on board because this Annex (as well as Annex I) may not be modified unilaterally, given the EU's international obligations in the framework of the OECD (3) and the Basel Convention (4).

Amendment 39-158 on disposal is partly taken on board in Article 9 (reference to Article 8(1)), in Annex I, where a note has been added clarifying that disposal operation D11 is prohibited by EU legislation and international conventions, and in Recital 19 on disposal operation D7 on release to seas and oceans including sea-bed insertion.

Amendment 40 is partly covered by Article 10 on protection of human health and the environment (introductory sentence).

Amendment 41 on requirements for waste recovery and disposal and for end-of-waste status is covered by Article 24 on technical minimum standards (adoption by the Commission via the Committee) and in part and in principle by Article 22(1) on conditions for exemptions (laid down by the Member States for recovery operations and for certain disposal operations of non-hazardous waste at the place of production) and by Article 5 on end-of-waste status. The common position, however, does not take up the notion of best available waste management techniques and differs from the Amendment on the procedure to be used (comitology rather than approval of individual Directives).

Amendment 43 is taken up in substance by Article 13(1) on responsibility and more precisions are given in Article 13(2)(new) on the allocation of responsibility for waste management in case of preliminary treatment operations.

Amendment 44 is taken up in substance by Article 12 on costs.

Amendment 45 is partly covered by Article 5 on end-of-waste, coupled with Recital 20 (second indent) outlining the possible categories of waste for which ‘end-of-waste’ criteria should be developed. As above, the common position differs from the Amendment, in particular, as regards the procedure to be used for the development of such criteria.

Amendments 46, 131 and 47 on the dilution and mixing of hazardous waste and on hazardous waste produced by households are taken over in part and in principle by Articles 15(1), 15(2) and 17 respectively.

Amendment 56 on waste oils is taken up in substance by Article 18, although the common position foresees, in Article 38, that the EU-wide priority for regeneration will be repealed with Directive 75/439/EEC.

Amendment 112-138 on the introduction of a new chapter on bio-waste is covered in part and in principle by Article 19 coupled with Recital 32. The development of specifications and criteria for compost is also foreseen in Recital 20, second indent, on end-of-waste. The common position, however, differs on the nature of the requirements foreseen, for example on separate collection and on treatment prior to spreading on land.

Amendment 59 on permits is covered in substance by Article 20(5).

Amendment 60 on minimum standards for permits is taken up in part and in principle by Article 24, although the common position differs from the Amendment as regards the procedure to be used for the development of such standards (comitology rather than approval of individual Directives).

Amendments 62 and 64 on registration requirements for establishments or undertakings which collect or transport waste on a professional basis are covered in part by Article 22, by Recital 33 and by Article 24(2) (minimum standards for activities which require registration).

Amendment 66 on the reference to the hierarchy and to guidelines in relation to plans and programmes is taken up in part by Articles 25(2) and 26(5), while Amendments 67 and 151 on measures to prevent shipment of waste are addressed in Recital 36 coupled with Article 14(1).

Amendment 69 on the waste prevention programmes is taken over in part and in principle by Articles 26 and 28, although the common position does not support the introduction of target dates for stabilising and reducing the generation of waste as indicated in the Amendment.

Amendment 71 on the regular evaluation of waste prevention programmes is covered partly by Article 27, although the common position indicates a periodicity of six years (instead of five) and does not foresee the involvement of the European Environment Agency in such evaluations.

Amendment 115 on reports from Member States and reviews by the Commission is partly taken up in Article 34.

Amendment 173 on adaptation of the Annexes III and IV to scientific and technical progress is partly taken up in Article 35, which indicates that this adaptation will take place in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny. However, the common position considers that this process should concern all the Annexes to the Directive.

Amendment 77 on sanctions for non-compliance is largely addressed by Article 33 on enforcement and sanctions coupled with Article 37(2) on transposition.

Amendment 78 on the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny is incorporated in Article 36(2).

Annexes:

Amendments 81 and 82 on certain disposal operations are covered in principle by Recital 19 (on releases into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion) and in Annex I first asterisk (on incineration at sea).

Amendment 86 is partly taken up in Annex II, third asterisk (recycling of inorganic construction materials).

Amendment 89 on Annex IIa (new) listing applications for which wastes can be used as a secondary product, material or substance is addressed to a limited extent in Recital 20 second indent, listing the possible categories of waste for which ‘end-of-waste’ specifications and criteria should be developed, together with Article 5 on ‘end-of-waste’ status, specifying the conditions and further criteria applicable, to be developed in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny.

Amendment 90 on the properties of hazardous waste is introduced into Annex IV (H 14 and H 15) and Amendment 94 is introduced in Annex IV as such.

| (b) | did not include 49 amendments in the common position. |
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did not include 49 amendments in the common position.

With respect to Amendments 2, 3, 153, 9, 10, 12, 103, 17, 127, 26, 29, 32, 37, 109, 48 and 170, 50, 171, 51 and 172, 52, 53, 54, 98 and 113, 58, 61, 161, 188, 65, 68, 70, 72, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85, 87, 88, 91, 93, the Council followed the position expressed by the Commission.

In relation to Amendments 11, 104, 33, 49, 63, 74, 92, 95, 96, 97, accepted in part or in principle by the Commission but not included in the common position, the following considerations can be made:

Amendment 11 introducing a new recital on hazardous waste (to replace Recital 19 of the Commission proposal) focuses in particular on inappropriate management, the need for specific and dedicated treatment modalities including traceability, and on safety and qualification of operators. While not disagreeing in principle, the Council decided not to take it up because it constitutes a premise to Amendments 50, 51 and 172, 52, 53, 54, 58, 161, 188 to the Articles, which were not accepted by the Commission and the Council and thus not integrated in the common position.

Amendment 104 on the definition of ‘separate collection’ was not taken over because Article 8(2), containing a provision on separate collection, describes this term adequately.

Amendment 33 on the definition of ‘cleaning’ was not introduced in order to avoid redundancy with the definition of ‘preparing for re-use’ applicable to products or components of products that have become waste.

Amendment 49 on the list of waste was not taken on board, the Council preferring to maintain the status-quo as regards the elements to be taken into account for compiling the list, which is now clearly referred to in Article 6 as the list established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as suggested by the European Parliament.

Amendment 63 on minimising bureaucracy concerning registration, was not taken up because this point falls within the scope of subsidiarity.

Amendment 74 aimed at broadening the scope of the record-keeping requirements in Article 32 and making this Article directly applicable to non-hazardous waste, was not introduced because the Council considered that it would increase bureaucracy unnecessarily, while partly overlapping with the record-keeping requirements of the Regulation on shipment of waste (Article 20, Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006). As an alternative, the common position foresees, in Article 32(3), an option for Member States to apply the same record-keeping provision to producers of non-hazardous waste.

Amendment 92 adding the specification of criteria for project funding under Structural and Regional funds among the measures for waste prevention in the national programmes (Annex IV) was not considered relevant to the scope of the Directive and thus not integrated into the common position.

Amendments 95, 96 and 97 to Annex IV, adding certain details to the waste prevention measures, were not integrated into the common position, also given that this Annex is a non-exclusive list of examples, and that the Directive clarifies that Member States can include in their national programmes other measures as appropriate (Article 26(2)).

3.   Other innovations introduced by the Council

Other main changes introduced by the common position relate to:

| — | the exclusions from the scope in Article 2, which clarifies among others the situation in relation to land (in situ), including unexcavated contaminated soil, and buildings permanently connected with land, |
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the exclusions from the scope in Article 2, which clarifies among others the situation in relation to land (in situ), including unexcavated contaminated soil, and buildings permanently connected with land,

| — | definitions in Article 3, where, in particular, a definition of ‘hazardous waste’ is added and, to avoid confusion over the term ‘re-use’ which is relevant both in cases of prevention measures (for products or components that are not waste) and in the case of waste recovery operations, a new definition on ‘preparing for re-use’ is added. This term will apply to certain recovery operations of products that have become waste. This will facilitate the application of the five-step waste hierarchy foreseen in Article 11 by allowing a clear distinction between the first and the second step of the hierarchy. The common position now foresees ‘prevention’ as a first step (to avoid the generation of waste) and ‘preparing for re-use’ as a second step (applicable to waste, as will be the case for the following steps), |
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definitions in Article 3, where, in particular, a definition of ‘hazardous waste’ is added and, to avoid confusion over the term ‘re-use’ which is relevant both in cases of prevention measures (for products or components that are not waste) and in the case of waste recovery operations, a new definition on ‘preparing for re-use’ is added. This term will apply to certain recovery operations of products that have become waste. This will facilitate the application of the five-step waste hierarchy foreseen in Article 11 by allowing a clear distinction between the first and the second step of the hierarchy. The common position now foresees ‘prevention’ as a first step (to avoid the generation of waste) and ‘preparing for re-use’ as a second step (applicable to waste, as will be the case for the following steps),

| — | the extension of the network of disposal installations foreseen in Article 14, applying the principles of self-sufficiency and proximity, to installations for the recovery of mixed municipal waste. In addition, a derogation to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipment of waste allows Member States to limit incoming shipments under certain conditions. These modifications are introduced to accommodate several concerns related to the classification of high energy efficient incinerators dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste (cf. formula in Annex II, operation R 1) among recovery operations as proposed by the Commission and agreed by the Council. In this respect, a new paragraph 1 on future specifications of the formula for incineration facilities, has also been added in Article 35 (interpretation and adaptation to technical progress). |
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the extension of the network of disposal installations foreseen in Article 14, applying the principles of self-sufficiency and proximity, to installations for the recovery of mixed municipal waste. In addition, a derogation to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipment of waste allows Member States to limit incoming shipments under certain conditions. These modifications are introduced to accommodate several concerns related to the classification of high energy efficient incinerators dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste (cf. formula in Annex II, operation R 1) among recovery operations as proposed by the Commission and agreed by the Council. In this respect, a new paragraph 1 on future specifications of the formula for incineration facilities, has also been added in Article 35 (interpretation and adaptation to technical progress).

IV.   CONCLUSIONS

The Council considers that its common position represents a balanced and realistic solution to a number of concerns expressed by Member States on the Commission's proposal, where the European Parliament's Opinion is taken into account to a large extent. It looks forward to a constructive discussion with the European Parliament with a view to an early agreement on this Directive.

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(1)  OJ C 286 E, 23.11.2006, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 229, 22.9.2006, p. 1.

(3)  Decision C(2001) 107 final of the EOCD Council concerning the revision of Decision C(92) 39 final on the control of trans-boundary movements of waste destined for recovery operations.

(4)  Basel Convention of 22 March 1989 on the control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous waste and their disposal.

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