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On 17 November 2021, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise EU rules on shipments of waste. The proposed regulation seeks to ease shipments of waste for reuse and recycling in the EU, to support the transition to a circular economy; ensure that waste exported from the EU is managed in an environmentally sound manner in the destination countries; and step up enforcement to counteract illegal shipments of waste. While supporting the proposed streamlining and digitalisation of procedures ...

Lors de la session plénière de janvier I, le Parlement se prononcera sur le rapport adopté par sa commission de l’environnement, de la santé publique et de la sécurité alimentaire (ENVI) sur une proposition de la Commission visant à réviser les règles de l’Union relatives aux transferts de déchets. Ce rapport, tel qu’adopté en plénière, constituera alors la position du Parlement pour les négociations de trilogue avec le Conseil.

The IA convincingly illustrates the identified problems, although their scale is not always supported by estimates, or the source of some of the estimates is not provided. When discussing how the situation would evolve without further action, the IA neither discusses the evolution of each problem identified nor any other existing or upcoming EU initiatives that could lead to improvements. The general objectives appear to be consistent with the problems identified, and the specific objectives comply ...

The New Circular Economy Action Plan is one of the main building blocks of the European Green Deal. It sets initiatives along the entire lifecycle of products with the aim to ensure that the resources used for their production, including the waste generated, are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. At the same time, the circular economy policy aims at protecting the environment and empowering the consumers. Waste shipment within and outside the EU has a crucial role in achieving the EU ...

The EU's trade policy does not exist in a vacuum. On the one hand, it is affected by international standard and rule-setting. On the other hand, the EU is itself an influential actor shaping the international trade agenda by participating in the work of international organisations and fora. This short note focuses on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Five tonnes of waste per capita are generated every year in the European Union (EU), mostly from the construction and mining sectors, with municipal waste accounting for roughly 10% of the total. Although wide differences remain between Member States, recent trends in the treatment of municipal waste show a shift away from landfilling and an increase in the proportion of waste recycled. Management of waste can have adverse effects on the environment, climate and human health. EU waste policy ...

This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment accompanying its proposal for a Directive amending exisitng directives on waste, waste packaging, landfill of waste, end-of-life vehicles, batteries and waste electrical and electronic equipment, transmitted on 14 July 2014. Prepared by the Ex-Ante Impact Assessment Unit for the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European ...

La présente note a pour objectif de fournir une première analyse des points forts et des faiblesses de l’analyse d’impact que la Commission européenne a jointe à sa proposition de mesures (présentées le 11 juillet 2013) visant à améliorer les inspections effectuées en vertu du règlement concernant les transferts de déchets et à garantir la réalisation de ces inspections. Il s'agit de déterminer si l'analyse d'impact respecte les principaux critères établis dans les lignes directrices de la Commission ...

Despite making shipments of hazardous waste to the developing world illegal at both UN and EU level, the practice is believed to remain commonplace. In the EU calls have been made for better enforcement of the relevant Waste Shipment Regulation.