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Reporting on implementation of waste legislation

Member States have various reporting obligations concerning implementation of waste legislation. Two main types of reports include:

  • Annual (or bi-annual) reporting on the achievement of various targets for waste collection, re-use, recycling and / or recovery. These reports cover waste streams such as packaging waste, waste electrical and electronic equipment, and end-of-life vehicles, and will soon cover waste batteries and accumulators, household and similar waste, and construction & demolition waste. These reports are sent directly to Eurostat, typically 18 months after the end of the given reporting period. A summary of the results for years 2006 and 2007 can be found in the Commission's Flash Report. All data are published by Eurostat here.
  • Three-annual Implementation Reports. These reports are based on questionnaires established in Commission Decisions together with the Member States (see list below), and cover the main aspects of implementation of waste legislation. Based on information reported by the Member States, the Commission prepares its own Implementation Report summarising the state of implementation of waste legislation in the EU (see reports below). Reports on implementation of the Waste Shipment Regulation are prepared separately and can also be found here.

 

Commission Implementation Reports

Legislation – implementation questionnaires:

Harmonised Directives:

  • Directive 2008/98/EC on waste: Commission Implementing Decision of 18 April 2012 establishing a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste
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  • Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE): Commission Decision 2004/249/EC of 11 March 2004 concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment
  • Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste: Commission Decision 2000/738/EC concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste
  • Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste: Commission Decision 97/622/EC concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (note: this Decision also includes a questionnaire for the repealed Hazardous Waste Directive 91/689/EEC)
  • Directive 86/278/EEC on sewage sludge: Commission Decision 94/741/EC concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (note: this Decision also includes questionnaires for the repealed Directives 91/692/EEC on the disposal of waste oils and 75/442/EEC on waste)

Non-harmonised Directives:

  • Directive 2000/53/EC on end-of-life vehicles: Commission Decision 2001/753/EC concerning a questionnaire for Member States reports on the implementation of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles
  • Directive 2006/21/EC on mining waste: Commission Decision 2009/358/EC of 29 April 2009 on the harmonisation, the regular transmission of the information and the questionnaire referred to in Articles 22(1)(a) and 18 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries (notified under document number C(2009) 3011)

Waste Shipment Regulation:

  • Commission Decision 1999/412/EC concerning a questionnaire for the reporting obligation of Member States pursuant to Article 41(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93

 

Legislation – general provisions on harmonisation of reporting:

  • Directive 91/692/EEC standardizing and rationalizing reports on the implementation of certain Directives relating to the environment

 

Legislation – obsolete implementation questionnaires:

  • Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (repealed): Commission Decision 97/622/EC concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector, as amended by Commission Decision 2007/151/EC amending Decisions 94/741/EC and 97/622/EC as regards the questionnaires for the report on the implementation of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and on the implementation of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste
  • Directive 91/692/EEC on the disposal of waste oils (repealed): Commission Decision 94/741/EC concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector
  • Directive 75/442/EEC on waste (repealed): Commission Decision 94/741/EC concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector
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