Activities of Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ related to 2015/0274(COD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste PDF (861 KB) DOC (125 KB)
Amendments (25)
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Biodegradable municipal waste accounts for a large proportion of municipal waste. Landfilling of untreated biodegradable waste poses significant negative envioronmental effects in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and pollution of surface water, groundwater, soil and air. While Directive 1999/31/EC already sets landfill diversion targets for biodegradable waste it is appropriate to put in place further restrictions on the landfilling of biodegradable waste by prohibiting the landfilling of biodegradable waste that has, which shall been separately collected in accordance with Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 61 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A progressive reductionphasing-out of landfilling is necessary to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment and to ensure that economically valuable waste materials are gradually and effectively recovered through proper waste management and in line with the waste hierarchy. This reduction should avoid the development of excessive capacity for the treatment of residual waste facilities, such as through energy recovery or low grade mechanical biological treatment of untreated municipal waste, as this could result in undermining the achievement of the Union's long-term preparation for reuse and recycling targets for municipal waste as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Similarly, and to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment, while Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure that only waste that has been subject to treatment is landfilled, compliance with such obligation should not lead to the creation of overbe compatible with the development of adequate capacities for the treatment of residual municipal waste and should not contribute to increased waste incineration capacity or an over-use of landfills. In addition, in order to ensure consistency between the targets laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the landfill reduction target defined in Article 5 of this Directive and to ensure a coordinated planning of the infrastructures and investments needed to meet those targets, Member States which may obtain additional time for the attainment of the municipal waste recycling targets should also be given additional time to attain the landfill reduction target for 2030 as laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 62 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) A progressive reduction of landfilling is necessary to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment and to ensure that economically valuable waste materials are gradually and effectively recovered through proper waste management and in line with the waste hierarchy. This reduction should avoid the development of excessive capacity for the treatment of residual waste facilities, such as through energy recovery or low grade mechanical biological treatment of untreated municipal waste, as this could result in undermining the achievement of the Union's long-term preparation for reuse and recycling targets for municipal waste as laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Similarly, and to prevent detrimental impacts on human health and the environment, while Member States should take all necessary measures to ensure that only waste that has been subject to treatment is landfilled, compliance with such obligation should not lead to the creation of overcapacities for the treatment of residual municipal waste. In addition, in order to ensure consistency between the targets laid down in Article 11 of Directive 2008/98/EC and the landfill reduction target defined in Article 5 of this Directive and to ensure a coordinated planning of the infrastructures and investments needed to meet those targets, Member States which may obtain additional time for the attainment of the municipal waste recycling targets should also be given additional time to attain the landfill reduction target for 2030 as laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 66 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) Member States and competent authorities should promote the local treatment of waste following the principle of 0 km waste.
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 b (new)
Recital 8 b (new)
(8b) The Commission should introduce an additional target for the total amount of waste that can be landfilled, calculated per kilogramme per person per year. Such target would contribute to reducing the overall amount of waste generated every year and incentive the countries producing high amounts of waste and which do not landfill that much in percentage.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 c (new)
Recital 8 c (new)
(8c) The Commission should promote the coordination and exchange of information and best practices both between Member States, regional and - specially- local authorities, involving all relevant civil society organizations, including the social partner and environmental and consumer organizations.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 d (new)
Recital 8 d (new)
(8d) To adequately implement and enforce the objectives of this Directive it is necessary to ensure that the local authorities of the territories where landfills are located are recognized as relevant actors, as they suffer directly the consequences of landfilling. In this respect, public and democratic consultation should be ensured in the localities and supra-municipal areas where a landfill is going to be established beforehand and appropriated compensation should be established for the local population.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 e (new)
Recital 8 e (new)
(8e) In order to ensure the proper implementation of this regulation local platforms of control should be set, with the participation of social partners, local administrations and civil society organizations to ensure that landfilling areas respect national and EU regulation.
Amendment 71 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 f (new)
Recital 8 f (new)
(8 f) The Commission should ensure that every landfill in the EU is in full compliance with the Environmental Impact Assessment requirements, and that the latter are renewed on a regular basis, at minimum every 8 years.
Amendment 72 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 g (new)
Recital 8 g (new)
(8g) The Commission should guarantee that every landfill in the EU is audited in order to ensure the proper implementation of EU and national law.
Amendment 76 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Implementation reports prepared by Member States every three years have not proved to be an effective tool for verifying compliance and ensuring correct implementation, and are generating unnecessary administrative burden. It is therefore appropriate to repeal provisions obliging Member States to produce such reports and for compliance monitoring purposes use exclusively the statistical data which Member Statesharmonized data reported every year to the Commission by Member States.
Amendment 78 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Statistical data reported by Member States are essential for the Commission to assess compliance with waste legislation across the Member States. The quality, reliability and comparability of statistics should be improved by introducing a single entry point for all waste data, deleting obsolete reporting requirements, benchmarking national reporting methodologies and introducing a data quality check report. Reliable reporting of statistical data concerning waste management and waste landfill capacity is paramount to efficient implementation and to ensuring comparability of data among Member States. Therefore, when preparing the reports on compliance with the targets set out in Directive 19991/31/EC, Member States should be required to use the most recent methodologya harmonized methodology for data collection and processing developed by the Commission andin cooperation with the national statistical offices of the Member States.
Amendment 81 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In order to supplement or amend Directive 1999/31/EC, in particular with the view to adapting its Annexes to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of Article 16. It is particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level. The Commission, when preparing and drawing-up delegated acts, should ensure a simultaneous, timely and appropriate transmission of relevant documents to the European Parliament and to the Council. Any amendments to the Annexes should only be made in line with the principles laid down in this Directive. To this end, as regards Annex II, the Commission should take into account the general principles and general procedures for testing and acceptance criteria as set out in Annex II. Moreover, specific criteria and test methods and associated limit values should be set for each class of landfill, including if necessary specific types of landfill within each class, including underground storage, and specific data on its maximum capacity. Proposals for the standardisation of control, sampling and analysis methods in relation to the Annexes should be considered for adoption by the Commission where appropriate within two years after the entry into force of this Directive.
Amendment 82 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 12 a (new)
Recital 12 a (new)
(12a) Extended producer responsibility schemes should apply to hazardous waste. Producer of this kind of waste should be held responsible for its collection and all related environmental and public health costs.
Amendment 83 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13 a (new)
Recital 13 a (new)
(13a) In order to better implement the objectives of landfills, in line with the protocol 26 of the TFEU, Member State policies should be based in public management and ownership in order to ensure that it is environmental policy objectives, and not the maximization of profit, that guides landfill policy.
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Commission and Member States should ensure the development of plans for the sustainable recovery and sustainable alternative usage of landfills and landfill-damaged areas.
Amendment 90 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point -a (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Amendment 91 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point a a (new)
(aa) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 2: 2a. Member States shall ban every waste on landfills that have been filled.
Amendment 96 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a(new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b a(new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – point g a (new)
(ba) in paragraph 3, the following point is added: (fa) any hazardous waste which exceeds a total organic content (TOC) of 6%
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point b b (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 4 a (new)
(bb) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph 4: 4a. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 2025 the amount of municipal waste landfilled is reduced to 20% of the total amount of municipal waste generated.
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 5
Article 5 – paragraph 5
5. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that by 2030 the amount of municipal waste landfilled is reduced to 105% of the total amount of municipal waste generated. This objective shall be implemented without increasing the level of waste incineration.
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point c
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 5 – paragraph 7
Article 5 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2024 at the latest, the Commission shall examine the target laid down in paragraph 5 with a view to reducing it and introducing restrictions to the landfilling of non-hazardous waste other than municipal waste. To this end, a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriate, shall be sent to the European Parliament and the Council. he Commission should introduce an additional target for the total amount of waste that can be landfilled, calculated per kilogramme per person per year. Such target would contribute to reducing the overall amount of waste generated every year and incentive the countries producing high amounts of waste and which do not landfill that much in percentage. To this end, a report of the Commission accompanied by a proposal, if appropriate, shall be sent to the European Parliament and the Council. Additionally the Commission shall assess the feasibility of introducing maximum levels of kilogramme of landfilled waste per area of authorized landfill.
Amendment 151 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point c
Amendment 152 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point g a (new)
(4b) in Article 7, paragraph 1 the following point is inserted: “(g a) these plans shall include regeneration, reparation and alternative sustainable uses for landfills;"
Amendment 153 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 c (new)
Directive 1999/31/EC
Article 8 – point a – iv a (new)
Article 8 – point a – iv a (new)
(4c) in Article 8, point a the following point is added: “(iv a) the maximum capacity has not been achieved;"