Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Change 1

AddedRecital 1: (1) It is necessary to lay out rules at the Union level to protect the environment and human health against the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste. These rules should also contribute to the facilitation of environmentally sound management of waste, in accordance with the waste hierarchy laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council31, as well as to the reduction of overall impacts of resource use and to the improvement of the efficiency of such use, which is crucial for the transition to a circular economy and for reaching climate-neutrality by 2050 at the latest. In this regard, waste management should be considered as one step of the product life-cycle spanning from production to secondary raw materials, for which sustainable innovative techniques which seek to improve material recovery, energy efficiency, and waste management’s overall contribution to decarbonisation should be prioritized.

Removed– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

RemovedRecital 1: (1) It is necessary to lay out rules at the Union level to protect the environment and human health against the adverse impacts which may result from the shipment of waste. These rules should also contribute to the facilitation of environmentally sound management of waste, in accordance with the waste hierarchy laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as well as to the reduction of overall impacts of resource use and to the improvement of the efficiency of such use, which is crucial for the transition to a circular economy and for reaching climate-neutrality by 2050 at the latest. In this regard, waste management should be considered as one step of the product life-cycle spanning from production to secondary raw materials, for which sustainable innovative techniques which seek to improve material recovery, energy efficiency, and waste management’s overall contribution to decarbonisation should be prioritized. / (deleted)

Change 2

RemovedThe notification about the intra-EU shipments of plastic waste is less environmentally sound than those provided for by the Basel Convention and therefore unlawful.

Change 3

ChangedRecital 22: (22) In order to reduce delays in the processing of notifications for the shipment of waste and facilitate the exchange of information between the relevant authorities and the economic operators, it is imperative that the issuance and exchange of information and data, which relates to individual shipments of waste within the Union, be made via electronic means. The central system and the national system should be interlinked and fully operational. To facilitate the reduction of delays, it is crucial that those systems allow document sharing and contain a fully searchable database of information related to shipments of waste. It is also necessary to empower the Commission to lay out the procedural and operational requirements for the practical implementation of the systems ensuring this electronic submission and exchange of information (such as interconnectivity, architecture and security). It is also necessary to provide sufficient time for competent authorities in the Member States and economic operators to prepare for the shift from a paper based approach, as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, to an approach to exchange information and documents electronically. This new obligation should therefore become applicable 24 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, before which access to the central system, in its final version should be granted to relevant authorities for the purpose of testing and learning.

Change 4

ChangedArticle 4 – paragraph 2 – point a a (new): (aa) Waste that contains or is contaminated with a substance listed in Annex IV of Regulation EU2019/1021(EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants if not listed elsewhere;

Change 5

AddedArticle 30 a (new): Article 30 a / Shipments from an outermost region / 1. By way of derogation from Article 5(5), Article 8(3), (4), (5) and (6) and Article 9(1), (2), (6) and (7), for shipments of waste between an outermost region referred to in Article 349 of the TFEU and its Member State requiring transit through another Member State, a tacit decision of consent to transit shall be deemed to have been issued by the authority of transit, unless that authority of transit objects within three days of receipt of written consent from the competent authority of dispatch and destination. / 2. Such tacit consent shall be valid for the period mentioned in the written consent of the competent authority of dispatch and destination.

Change 6

RemovedAll waste containing or contaminated with a substance exceeding the levels in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 on persistent organic pollutants should be prohibited for export from the Union to non-OECD countries.

Change 7

RemovedIt is important to know the success or failure of the inspection plans, therefore the results of the inspections carried out need to be made public. Moreover, Member States should inform about the remedial action taken, the names of those caught with illegal shipments, and the penalties applied. Such public reporting is likely to have a major deterrent effect.

Change 8

ChangedArticle 64 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) the powers conferred onto the Commission, the European Prosecutor's Office or the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), respectively, in other legal acts, in particular in Council Regulation (EU) 2017/19391a, Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council65 ,Council65, Council Regulation 515/9766(EC) ,No 515/9766, or Council Regulation (Euratom, EC) No 2185/9667 . / 1a Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’) (OJ L 283, 31.10.2017, p. 1).