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1995/0107(SYN) Waste: control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the EC (amend. Regul. 259/93/EEC)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead ENVI VIRGIN Ivar (icon: PPE PPE)
Former Responsible Committee ENVI VIRGIN Ivar (icon: PPE PPE)
Former Committee Opinion JURI
Former Committee Opinion DEVE SCHMID Gerhard (icon: PES PES)
Former Committee Opinion RELA TOIVONEN Kyösti (icon: PPE PPE)
Lead committee dossier:
Legal Basis:
EC before Amsterdam E 130S-p1

Events

1997/01/24
   Final act published in Official Journal
1997/01/20
   EP/CSL - Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
1997/01/20
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
1997/01/20
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/12/09
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/10/21
   EC - Modified legislative proposal
1996/10/20
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
1996/09/18
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 2nd reading
1996/09/18
   EP - Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
Documents
1996/09/17
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur, Mrs Virgin (EPP, S), stated that the report complemented the proposal put forward by the Commission, which had been made more effective by the amendments tabled. Commissioner Bjerregaard recalled that at first reading Parliament and the Commission had been in agreement on four amendments aimed in particular at extending the scope of the regulation in question. She therefore intended to retain the said amendments, even though they had not been taken over by the Council.

1996/09/03
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
1996/09/03
   EP - Vote in committee, 2nd reading
1996/09/02
   EP - Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
Documents
1996/06/20
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
1996/06/14
   EC - Commission communication on Council's position
1996/05/28
   CSL - Council position
1996/05/28
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/05/27
   CSL - Council position published
Documents
1996/03/04
   CSL - Council Meeting
1996/02/20
   EC - Modified legislative proposal
1996/02/19
   EC - Modified legislative proposal published
1996/01/16
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
1996/01/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1996/01/09
   EP - Vote in committee
1995/11/16
   EP - Text adopted by Parliament, partial vote at 1st reading/single reading
1995/11/16
   EP - Debate in Parliament
Details

The rapporteur, Mr VIRGIN, pointed out that the three amendments adopted in committee incorporated the results of the Conference of the Parties to the recent Basle Convention. One of the amendments sought to ban exports from OECD countries to non-OECD countries of hazardous waste to be disposed of (effective immediately) or recycled (from 1 January 1998). A further amendment proposed adding to the export ban hazardous waste covered by the Basle Convention’s definition of hazardous waste. The rapporteur recognised the Commission’s difficult task as guardian of the environment: it had to deal with pressure groups on the one hand, and the resistance of certain Member States, which wanted to retain the possibility of exporting their hazardous waste, on the other. The Commissioner, Mrs BJERREGAARD, stated that the main objective was to extend the net of protection; from 1 January 1998 there would be a complete ban on exporting waste, in accordance with the Basle Convention. The Commission was committed to this proposal, particularly as regards the recycling of waste.

1995/11/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Documents
1995/10/25
   ESC - Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report
Details

The ESC fully agreed that it was necessary to control the shipment of waste within and outside the Community, and to avoid the uncontrolled export of hazardous waste to countries that lacked the requisite instruments for detecting and neutralising the hazards. The ESC therefore approved in principle the objective of the proposal for a regulation. It feared, however, that this objective could only be achieved by revising the entire body of legislation on the matter. In particular, it was concerned at the differing interpretations that surround the classification of hazardous waste, and reiterated the view of its 1991 Opinion that the total export ban should apply to hazardous waste alone. The conventions, regulations and decisions of the different bodies (European Union, OECD, Basel Convention) were not mutually consistent. The ESC feared that their discrepancies, shortcomings and overlaps could be exploited improperly or give an active stimulus to ‘waste exports’. The ESC also considered that the proposed regulation should be more flexible and give consideration to waste for recycling, given that the recovery of reusable materials from waste was, in principle, economically and ecologically sound. However, the existing Regulation and the proposal (Decision II/12 of the Basel Convention) indiscriminately restricted the recovery of recycling materials, when this should only be prohibited in the case of hazardous waste or of waste that was exported for recovery without sufficient guarantees that recovery would actually be effected. Indeed, strict controls should be exercised on waste for recycling in the country of origin, together with controls on its processing in the country of destination.

1995/10/18
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
1995/10/18
   EP - Vote in committee
1995/10/17
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading
Documents
1995/10/06
   CSL - Debate in Council
Details

Pending delivery of Parliament’s opinion, the Council held a detailed discussion on the proposal for the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 259/93 on shipments of waste so as to ban all exports of dangerous waste intended for recycling operations to non-­OECD countries. This proposal corresponds to the outcome of the Third Conference of Parties to the Basle Convention (Geneva, 18 to 22 September 1995); at the Community’s instigation the Conference approved the introduction of an amendment to the Convention providing for a ban on exports to non-­OECD countries of dangerous waste for the purpose of disposal or recovery no later than 31 December 1997. The discussion made it possible to establish the existence of a common approach within the Council in favour of the proposal. Regulation (EC) No 259/93 already bans exports of waste for disposal to non-­EFTA countries not parties to the Basle Convention. In addition, all exports of waste to the ACP states is banned under the Lomé Convention.

Documents
1995/10/06
   CSL - Council Meeting
1995/06/16
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
1995/05/31
   EP - VIRGIN Ivar (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
1995/05/31
   EP - VIRGIN Ivar (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
1995/05/31
   EP - SCHMID Gerhard (PES) appointed as rapporteur in DEVE
1995/05/23
   EP - TOIVONEN Kyösti (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in RELA
1995/04/26
   EC - Legislative proposal
1995/04/25
   EC - Legislative proposal published

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  • date: 1995-04-26T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995&nu_doc=143 title: EUR-Lex url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:164:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 164 30.06.1995, p. 0008 title: COM(1995)0143 summary: type: Legislative proposal body: EC
  • date: 1995-08-23T00:00:00 docs: title: PE214.015 type: Committee draft report body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-11T00:00:00 docs: title: PE214.204/DEF committee: RELA type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-18T00:00:00 docs: title: PE213.229/DEF committee: DEVE type: Committee opinion body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-18T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1995:323:TOC title: OJ C 323 04.12.1995, p. 0005 title: A4-0267/1995 type: Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-25T00:00:00 docs: url: https://dm.eesc.europa.eu/EESCDocumentSearch/Pages/redresults.aspx?k=(documenttype:AC)(documentnumber:1155)(documentyear:1995)(documentlanguage:EN) title: CES1155/1995 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1996:018:TOC title: OJ C 018 22.01.1996, p. 0018 summary: The ESC fully agreed that it was necessary to control the shipment of waste within and outside the Community, and to avoid the uncontrolled export of hazardous waste to countries that lacked the requisite instruments for detecting and neutralising the hazards. The ESC therefore approved in principle the objective of the proposal for a regulation. It feared, however, that this objective could only be achieved by revising the entire body of legislation on the matter. In particular, it was concerned at the differing interpretations that surround the classification of hazardous waste, and reiterated the view of its 1991 Opinion that the total export ban should apply to hazardous waste alone. The conventions, regulations and decisions of the different bodies (European Union, OECD, Basel Convention) were not mutually consistent. The ESC feared that their discrepancies, shortcomings and overlaps could be exploited improperly or give an active stimulus to ‘waste exports’. The ESC also considered that the proposed regulation should be more flexible and give consideration to waste for recycling, given that the recovery of reusable materials from waste was, in principle, economically and ecologically sound. However, the existing Regulation and the proposal (Decision II/12 of the Basel Convention) indiscriminately restricted the recovery of recycling materials, when this should only be prohibited in the case of hazardous waste or of waste that was exported for recovery without sufficient guarantees that recovery would actually be effected. Indeed, strict controls should be exercised on waste for recycling in the country of origin, together with controls on its processing in the country of destination. type: Economic and Social Committee: opinion, report body: ESC
  • date: 1995-11-16T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1995:323:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 323 04.12.1995, p. 0077-0109 title: T4-0551/1995 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, partial vote at 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1996-01-16T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1996:032:TOC title: OJ C 032 05.02.1996, p. 0016-0031 title: T4-0005/1996 summary: type: Text adopted by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1996-02-01T00:00:00 docs: title: PE215.734/AM type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 1996-05-28T00:00:00 docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=ADV&RESULTSET=1&DOC_ID=5601%2F96&DOC_LANCD=EN&ROWSPP=25&NRROWS=500&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC title: 05601/2/1996 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:C:1996:219:SOM:EN:HTML title: OJ C 219 27.07.1996, p. 0019 summary: type: Council position body: CSL
  • date: 1996-06-14T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=SECfinal&an_doc=1996&nu_doc=1014 title: EUR-Lex title: SEC(1996)1014 summary: type: Commission communication on Council's position body: EC
  • date: 1996-08-12T00:00:00 docs: title: PE218.547/AM type: Amendments tabled in committee body: EP
  • date: 1996-09-03T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A4-1996-266&language=EN title: A4-0266/1996 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:1996:320:TOC title: OJ C 320 28.10.1996, p. 0004 type: Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading body: EP
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  • date: 1996-10-21T00:00:00 docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1996&nu_doc=515 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1996)0515 type: Modified legislative proposal body: EC
events
  • date: 1995-04-26T00:00:00 type: Legislative proposal published body: EC docs: url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=EN&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=1995&nu_doc=143 title: EUR-Lex title: COM(1995)0143 summary:
  • date: 1995-06-16T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 1995-10-06T00:00:00 type: Debate in Council body: CSL docs: url: http://register.consilium.europa.eu/content/out?lang=EN&typ=SET&i=SMPL&ROWSPP=25&RESULTSET=1&NRROWS=500&DOC_LANCD=EN&ORDERBY=DOC_DATE+DESC&CONTENTS=1873*&MEET_DATE=06/10/1995 title: 1873 summary: Pending delivery of Parliament’s opinion, the Council held a detailed discussion on the proposal for the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 259/93 on shipments of waste so as to ban all exports of dangerous waste intended for recycling operations to non-­OECD countries. This proposal corresponds to the outcome of the Third Conference of Parties to the Basle Convention (Geneva, 18 to 22 September 1995); at the Community’s instigation the Conference approved the introduction of an amendment to the Convention providing for a ban on exports to non-­OECD countries of dangerous waste for the purpose of disposal or recovery no later than 31 December 1997. The discussion made it possible to establish the existence of a common approach within the Council in favour of the proposal. Regulation (EC) No 259/93 already bans exports of waste for disposal to non-­EFTA countries not parties to the Basle Convention. In addition, all exports of waste to the ACP states is banned under the Lomé Convention.
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  • date: 1995-11-16T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19951116&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The rapporteur, Mr VIRGIN, pointed out that the three amendments adopted in committee incorporated the results of the Conference of the Parties to the recent Basle Convention. One of the amendments sought to ban exports from OECD countries to non-OECD countries of hazardous waste to be disposed of (effective immediately) or recycled (from 1 January 1998). A further amendment proposed adding to the export ban hazardous waste covered by the Basle Convention’s definition of hazardous waste. The rapporteur recognised the Commission’s difficult task as guardian of the environment: it had to deal with pressure groups on the one hand, and the resistance of certain Member States, which wanted to retain the possibility of exporting their hazardous waste, on the other. The Commissioner, Mrs BJERREGAARD, stated that the main objective was to extend the net of protection; from 1 January 1998 there would be a complete ban on exporting waste, in accordance with the Basle Convention. The Commission was committed to this proposal, particularly as regards the recycling of waste.
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  • date: 1996-09-17T00:00:00 type: Debate in Parliament body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?secondRef=TOC&language=EN&reference=19960917&type=CRE title: Debate in Parliament summary: The rapporteur, Mrs Virgin (EPP, S), stated that the report complemented the proposal put forward by the Commission, which had been made more effective by the amendments tabled. Commissioner Bjerregaard recalled that at first reading Parliament and the Commission had been in agreement on four amendments aimed in particular at extending the scope of the regulation in question. She therefore intended to retain the said amendments, even though they had not been taken over by the Council.
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