European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste (COM(2005)0667 - C6-0009/2006 - 2005/0281(COD))
Date: 2007-02-13
Institutions: Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, European Parliament
Subjects: European standard, environmental law, environmental protection, prevention of pollution, waste disposal, waste management, waste recycling

29.11.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 287 E/135

— having regard to its position at second reading (1) on the Council common position (2),

— having regard to the Commission's opinion on Parliament's amendments to the common position

(COM(2006)0484) (3),

Tuesday 13 February 2007

— having regard to Article 251(5) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Rule 65 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A6-0021/2007),

1.

Approves the joint text;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council pursuant to Article 254(1) of

2.
the EC Treaty;

3.
Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have
been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union;

4.

Instructs its President to forward this legislative resolution to the Council and Commission.

(1) Texts Adopted of 13.6.2006, P6_TA(2006)0252.
(2) OJ C 126 E, 30.5.2006, p. 16.
(3) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TA(2007)0029

Waste ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a directive of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council on waste (COM(2005)0667 — C6-0009/2006 — 2005/0281(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal

to the European Parliament

and the Council

(COM(2005)0667) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0009/2006),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety and

the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A6-0466/2006),

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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29.11.2007

Tuesday 13 February 2007

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0281

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 February 2007 with a view to
the adoption of Directive 2007/…/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste

(Text with EEA relevance)

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)

(2)

(3)

Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (4) estab-
lishes 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 the obligation for waste management operations and economic operators to have a
permit or to be registered, the obligation for Member States to set up waste management plans and
major principles such as the obligation to handle waste in a way that does not have a negative impact
on the environment, and the principle that producers of waste should have to pay the cost of its
treatment.

The first objective of any waste policy should be to minimise the negative effects of the generation
and management of waste on human health and the environment. Waste legislation should also
aim at reducing the use of resources, and favour the practical application of the waste hierarchy.

In its Resolution of 24 February 1997 on a Community strategy for waste management (5), the
Council confirmed that waste prevention should be the first priority of waste management, and
that re-use and material recycling should be preferred to energy recovery of waste, where and
insofar as they are the best ecological options.

(1) OJ C 309, 16.12.2006, p. 55.
(2) OJ C 229, 22.9.2006, p. 1.
(3) Position of the European Parliament of 13 February 2007.
(4) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.
(5) OJ C 76, 11.3.1997, p. 1.