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Commission Implementing Decision of 6 December 2013 establishing a format for notifying the information on the adoption and substantial revisions of the waste management plans and the waste prevention programmes (notified under document C(2013) 8641) (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/727/EU)

EU Decision 2013/727 · Adopted 6 December 2013 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Implementing Decision

of 6 December 2013

establishing a format for notifying the information on the adoption and substantial revisions of the waste management plans and the waste prevention programmes

(notified under document C(2013) 8641)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2013/727/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directivesf1, and in particular Article 33(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Pursuant to Article 28 of Directive 2008/98/EC Member States have to ensure that their competent authorities establish one or more waste management plans covering the entire geographical territory of the Member State concerned.

(2)

In addition, not later than 12 December 2013, Member States have to establish waste prevention programmes in accordance with Article 29 of Directive 2008/98/EC.

(3)

In order to facilitate the submission of the relevant information to the Commission on the adoption and substantial revisions of those plans and programmes the format for notifying such information should be adopted.

(4)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Annex IFORMAT FOR NOTIFYING THE INFORMATION ON THE ADOPTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS
  5. Division
  6. General Information
  7. 1.1Division 1.1
  8. 1.2Does the plan cover the entire territory of the Member State?
  9. 1.3What is the scope of the waste management plan?
  10. 1.4Does the plan comply with the requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC?
  11. 1.5Is the plan designed in accordance with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC?
  12. 1.6Does the plan include any waste prevention programme?
  13. 1.7How did the relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public participate in the elaboration of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes?
  14. Information on collection schemes and waste treatment installations
  15. 2.1Does the plan assess the need for new collection schemes and major disposal/recovery installation and related investments?
  16. 2.2Does the plan provide information about the location of planned disposal or major recovery installations and the criteria for the choice of that location?
  17. Information on waste-related targets
  18. 3.1Are packaging and packaging waste covered by the plan (Article 14 of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC)
  19. 3.2Does the plan set out strategies or measures for the implementation of the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills (Article 5 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC)
  20. 3.3Does the plan contribute to reach the landfill biodegradable diversion targets?
  21. 3.4Does the plan evaluate the usefulness and suitability of economic and other instruments, e. g. landfill taxes, in addressing waste issues?
  22. Annex IIFORMAT FOR NOTIFYING THE INFORMATION ON THE ADOPTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS OF THE WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES
  23. Division
  24. General information
  25. 1.1Division 1.1
  26. 1.2Does the programme cover the entire territory of your Member State?
  27. 1.3Is the programme integrated into a waste management plan?
  28. 1.4Is the programme included in other environmental policy programme(s)?
  29. Information on waste prevention
  30. 2.1Does the programme describe the existing prevention measures?
  31. 2.2Does the programme set out waste prevention objectives?
  32. 2.3To what extent do the objectives and measures aim at the decoupling of economic growth from the environmental impacts of waste generation?
  33. 2.4Does the programme specify quantitative and/or qualitative benchmarks for adopted waste prevention measures?
  34. 2.5Does the programme determine specific qualitative and/or quantitative targets and indicators?

1

Member States shall use the formats set out in Annexes I and II to this Decision to notify the Commission of the information on the adoption and substantial revisions of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes referred to in Articles 28 and 29 of Directive 2008/98/EC.

2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Signature

Done at Brussels, 6 December 2013.

For the Commission

Janez Potočnik

Member of the Commission

Annex IFORMAT FOR NOTIFYING THE INFORMATION ON THE ADOPTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS

Name of the plan:

…

Administrative body (name, address, e-mail address, and other contact details where necessary) responsible for adoption/revision of the plan:

…

Electronic link to a publicly available website for the plan:

…

Administrative body (name, address, e-mail address, and other contact details where necessary) in charge of coordinating the information provided in this form:

…

Please tick the applicable box:

  • Adoption of a new waste management plan

  • Substantial revision of a waste management plan

    • (Important: Please indicate the relevant page number(s) of the notified plan and/or reference document related to each question)

    1.1

    Date of adoption/revision (month/year):

    1.2Does the plan cover the entire territory of the Member State?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If no, please indicate what parts of the territory are not covered and provide reasons:

    …

    1.3What is the scope of the waste management plan?

  • All waste streams

  • Municipal solid waste

  • Hazardous waste

  • Specific waste streams. Please specify:

    • If the plan does not cover all waste streams, please indicate the relevant additional plans:

    …

    1.4Does the plan comply with the requirements of Directive 2008/98/EC?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If no, please indicate the reasons:

    …

    1.5Is the plan designed in accordance with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If no, please specify for which waste streams the plan deviates from the waste hierarchy and the reasons for such deviations:

    …

    1.6Does the plan include any waste prevention programme?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please provide the relevant website links:

    …

    1.7How did the relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public participate in the elaboration of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes?

    …

    2.1Does the plan assess the need for new collection schemes and major disposal/recovery installation and related investments?

  • Yes

  • No

    • 2.2Does the plan provide information about the location of planned disposal or major recovery installations and the criteria for the choice of that location?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please indicate where these criteria are set out in the plan:

    …

    3.1Are packaging and packaging waste covered by the plan (Article 14 of European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC)

  • Yes

  • No

    • 3.2Does the plan set out strategies or measures for the implementation of the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfills (Article 5 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC)

  • Yes

  • No

    • 3.3Does the plan contribute to reach the landfill biodegradable diversion targets?

  • Yes

  • No

    • 3.4Does the plan evaluate the usefulness and suitability of economic and other instruments, e. g. landfill taxes, in addressing waste issues?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please specify which economic instruments and related measures have been included in the plan:

    …

    Annex IIFORMAT FOR NOTIFYING THE INFORMATION ON THE ADOPTION AND SUBSTANTIAL REVISIONS OF THE WASTE PREVENTION PROGRAMMES

    Name of the programme:

    …

    Electronic link to a publicly available website for this programme:

    …

    Administrative body (name, address, e-mail address and other contact details where necessary) responsible for the adoption/revision of the programme:

    …

    Administrative body (name, address, e-mail address, and other contact details where necessary) in charge of coordinating these answers:

    …

    Please tick the applicable box:

  • Adoption of a new waste prevention programme

  • Substantial revision of a waste prevention programmef1

    In case of a notification of a substantial revision of a waste prevention programme, which plan/programme does this revision refer to?

    Please describe briefly the scope and the main elements of the revision, indicating where the revised elements can be found within the waste prevention programme:

    …

    • (Important: Please indicate the relevant page number(s) of the notified programme and/or reference document related to each question)

    1.1

    Date of adoption/revision (month/year):

    1.2Does the programme cover the entire territory of your Member State?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If no, please indicate what parts of the territory are not covered and provide reasons:

    …

    1.3Is the programme integrated into a waste management plan?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please specify the waste management plan(s):

    …

    1.4Is the programme included in other environmental policy programme(s)?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please specify the programme(s):

    …

    2.1Does the programme describe the existing prevention measures?

  • Yes

  • No

    • 2.2Does the programme set out waste prevention objectives?

  • Yes

  • No

    • 2.3To what extent do the objectives and measures aim at the decoupling of economic growth from the environmental impacts of waste generation?

    …

    2.4Does the programme specify quantitative and/or qualitative benchmarks for adopted waste prevention measures?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please indicate whether they are qualitative and/or quantitative and the relevant page number(s):

    …

    2.5Does the programme determine specific qualitative and/or quantitative targets and indicators?

  • Yes

  • No

    • If yes, please indicate whether they are qualitative and/or quantitative and the relevant page number(s):

    …