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RemovedSHORT JUSTIFICATION

AddedRecital 1: (1) The European Green Deal and the Circular Economy Action Plan call for reinforced and accelerated Union and Member State action to ensure environmental and social sustainability of the textiles and food sectors as they represent top resource intensive sectors that cause significant negative environmental externalities. In those sectors, financing and technological gaps, among other things, impede progress towards the transition to a circular economy and decarbonisation. The food and textiles sectors are the first- and the fourth- most resource-intensive sectors respectively and they do not fully adhere to the fundamental Union waste management principles set out in the waste hierarchy which requires the prioritisation of waste prevention followed by preparation for re-use and recycling. These challenges require systemic solutions with a lifecycle approach with particular attention paid to food and textile products. / (deleted) / (deleted)

RemovedThe Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second-reading stage.

AddedRecital 2: (2) According to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles71 , important changes are needed to move away from the currently prevailing linear way in which textile products are designed, produced, used and discarded, with a particular need to limit fast fashion. According to the Strategy’s vision for 2030, consumers should benefit longer from high quality affordable textiles. That Strategy considers it important to make producers responsible for the waste that their products create and refers to the establishment of harmonised Union extended producer responsibility rules for textiles with eco-modulation of fees. It provides that the key objective of such rules is to create an economy for collection, sorting, re-use, preparation for re-use and recycling, and to incentivise producers to ensure that their products are designed in respect of circularity principles. To that end, it foresees that a notable share of contributions made by producers to extended producer responsibility schemes have to be dedicated to waste prevention measures and preparation for re-use. It also supports the need for strengthened and more innovative approaches to sustainable management of biological resources to increase the circularity and valorisation of food waste and re-use of bio-based textiles

AddedRecital 2 a (new): (2a) According to the briefing of the European Environmental Agency entitled ‘Microplastics from textiles in Europe’1a, up to 35% of global microplastics released into the aquatic, terrestrial and marine ecosystems are from synthetic textiles. Plastic waste impairing aquatic, terrestrial and marine ecosystems can be appropriately collected, recycled and ultimately given a new life promoting a full circular economy as well as raising public awareness for the dissemination of best practices. / 1a https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/microplastics-from-textiles-towards-a

AddedRecital 3: (3) Taking into account the negative effects of food waste, Member States committed themselves to taking measures to promote the prevention and reduction of food waste in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and the SDG Target 12.3 in particular, adopted by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 September 2015, and in particular its target of halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses, by 2030. Those measures aimed to prevent and reduce food waste in primary production, in processing and manufacturing, in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services as well as in households.

AddedRecital 5 a (new): (5a) Wood is a valuable resource and it is encouraged to be added to a list of materials subject to separate collection, and with re-use and recycling targets.

AddedRecital 7: (7) Member States have, to a certain extent, developed materials and carried out campaigns targeting food waste prevention for consumers and food business operators; however, these mainly focus on raising awareness and substantial dietary shifts including behavioural change. In order to reach the full potential for reducing food waste and ensure progress over time, behavioural change interventions have to be developed, tailored to the specific situations and needs in Member States, and fully integrated in national food waste prevention programmes. Importance should also be given to regional circular solutions, citizen engagement as well adaptation to specific regional needs such as outermost regions or islands;

AddedRecital 10: (10) The setting of food waste reduction targets to be achieved by Member States by 2030, in line with the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, should provide a strong policy impulse to take action and ensure a significant contribution to global targets. However, given the legally binding nature of such targets, they should be proportionate, attainable and feasible, and take into account the role of different actors in the food supply chain as well as their capacity, in particular micro and small enterprises.

AddedRecital 10 a (new): (10a) Disparities in bargaining power between suppliers and buyers of agricultural and food products still persist in food supply chains across the Union. This is particularly the case in the agricultural sector, since the specific nature of agricultural products and the associated need to dispose of them quickly distorts equality among counterparties from the very outset. Every effort should therefore be made to ensure that the most common unfair trading practices affecting agricultural suppliers, particularly in the supply of perishable products, do not increase as a result of binding targets to reduce food waste.

AddedRecital 10 b (new): (10b) The European Economic and Social Committee and the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism has recognised the contribution of packaging in reducing food waste and ensuring food supply and security.

AddedRecital 11: (11) Reducing food waste at the production and consumption stages requires different approaches and measures and involves different stakeholder groups. Therefore, one target should be proposed for the processing and manufacturing stage and another one for the retail and other distribution of food, restaurants and food services and households. Reducing food waste at any point along the food supply chain yields a significant positive environmental impact.

AddedRecital 14 a (new): (14a) To promote a uniform and consistent interpretation of food waste data and reporting across actors in the food supply chain and Member State authorities, the Commission should provide comprehensive guidelines pertaining to the methodology for food waste measurement.

AddedA more streamlined data necessary to promote the set goals.

AddedRecital 14 b (new): (14b) The harmonised methodology established in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597* provides for the use of different reporting methods. To ensure that future data are scientifically sound, high quality and comparable, it is necessary to establish and apply clear and consistent measurement methods among the Member States and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of food waste. / ----------------------- / * Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).

AddedRecital 16 a (new): (16a) Member States should take measures to promote solutions such as clearer date labelling on food products and facilitate the use of date markings in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council*, in order to avoid consumers’ confusion about date marking. / ------------ / * Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ L 304, 22.11.2011, p. 18).

AddedRecital 17: (17) In line with the polluter-pays principle, as referred to in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), it is essential that producers placing on the Union market certain textile, textile-related and footwear products take responsibility for their management at their end-of life as well as extending their lifetime through making used textile, textile-related and footwear products available on the market for re-use. To implement the polluter pays principle, it is appropriate to lay down obligations for the management of textile, textile-related and footwear producers, which include any manufacturer, importer or distributor, that, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts as defined in Article 2, point (7), of Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council77 , makes available those products on the market for the first time within a territory of a Member States on a professional basis under its own name or trademark. The scope of the producers covered by the extended producer responsibility should exclude micro enterprises, for which such a responsibility would impose a disproportionate financial and administrative burden, and self-employed tailors producing customised products in view of their reduced role in the textile market as well as those placing on the market used textiles, textile-related and footwear products or such products derived from used or waste of those product…

AddedRecital 18 a (new): (18a) According to the European Environment Agency, currently less than 1% of all clothing waste is used to make new clothing in a circular loop. Today, most textiles are not designed for circularity. 78% of all textile products require disassembly before textile-to-textile recycling. In order to ensure investment into circular textiles, targets should be established for the prevention, collection, sorting, reuse and local reuse, as well as recycling and fibre-to-fibre recycling of textiles to support and drive technological development and the investments into infrastructure as well as the push for eco-design of textiles. Total textile waste generated, covering clothing and footwear, home textiles, technical textiles, and post-industrial and pre-consumer waste, is estimated to be 12, 6 million tonnes. This includes fractions that are discarded during textile production, at the retail stage and by households and commercial entities waste1a. / 1a https://environment.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-07/IMPACT%20ASSESSMENT%20REPORT_SWD_2023_421_part1_0.pdf (pag.6)

AddedRecital 19: (19) In order to ensure the legal certainty for the producers on the products subject to the extended producer responsibility, the products in scope should be identified by reference to the Combined Nomenclature codes pursuant to Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8778 . / 78 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

AddedRecital 20: (20) The textile sector is resource intensive. While, in relation to both the production of raw materials and textiles, and as 73% of clothes and household textiles consumed in Europe are imported[1] , most of the pressures and impacts related to the consumption of clothing, footwear and textiles in the Union occur in third countries, they also affect the Union due to their global impact on climate and the environment. Therefore, preventing, preparing for re-use and recycling textile waste can help reduce the global environmental footprint of the sector, including in the Union. In addition, the current resource-inefficient waste management of textile waste is not in line with the waste hierarchy and leads to environmental harm both in the Union and in third countries, including through greenhouse gas emissions from incineration and landfilling. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/QANDA_22_2015

AddedRecital 21: (21) The purpose of the extended producer responsibility for textiles, textile-related and footwear products is to ensure a high level of environmental and health protection in the Union, create an economy for collection, sorting, re-use, preparation for re-use and recycling, in particular, fibre-to-fibre recycling, as well as incentives for producers to ensure that their products are designed in respect of circularity principles. The producers of textiles and footwear should finance the costs of collecting, sorting for re-use, preparing for re-use and recycling, and of the recycling and other treatment of collected used and waste textiles and footwear, including unsold consumer products considered waste that were supplied on the territory of the Member States after the entry into force of this amending Directive to ensure that the extended producer responsibility obligations do not apply retroactively and comply with the principle of legal certainty. Those producers should also finance the costs of carrying out compositional surveys of mixed collected municipal waste, support to research and development in sorting and recycling technologies, especially digital solutions, reporting on separate collection, re-use and other treatment and of providing information to end-users about the impact and sustainable management of textiles. Producers should also finance the development of reuse and repair operations.

AddedRecital 25: (25) Taking into account the key role of social enterprises and social economy entities in the existing textile collection systems and their potential to create local, sustainable, participatory and inclusive businesses models and quality jobs in the Union, in line with the objectives of the EU Social Economy Action Plan79 , the introduction of extended producer responsibility schemes should maintain and support the activities of social enterprises and social economy entities involved in used and waste textiles management. These entities therefore should be regarded as partners in the separate collection systems supporting the scale-up of preparing for re-use and re-use and repair, and creating quality jobs for all and in particular for vulnerable groups.

AddedRecital 26: (26) Producers and producer responsibility organisations should be actively involved in providing information to end users, in particular consumers, that used and waste textiles and footwear should be collected separately, that collection systems are available and that end-users have an important role in ensuring waste prevention and an environmentally optimal management of textiles waste. This information should include availability of re-use arrangements for textiles and footwear and the environmental benefits of sustainable consumption and the environmental, health and social impacts of the textile apparel industry. The end users should also be informed about their important role in making informed, responsible and sustainable textile consumption choices an environmentally optimal management of textile and footwear waste. These information requirements apply in addition to the requirements on the provision of information to end-users in relation to the textile products laid down in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation80 and the Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council81 . The disclosure of information to all end users should make use of modern information technologies. The information should be provided both by classical means, such as posters both indoors and outdoors and social media campaigns, and by more innovative means, such as electronic access to websites provided by QR codes and the digital product passport.

AddedRecital 27: (27) In order to increase textiles’ circularity and environmental sustainability and to reduce the adverse impacts on climate and the environment, Regulation …/... [PO insert the serial number and institutions for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation, and complete the footnote]82 will develop binding textile product ecodesign requirements, which will, depending on what the impact assessment will show to be beneficial for increasing textile environmental sustainability, regulate durability, reusability, reparability, and fibre-to-fibre recyclability of textiles, and mandatory recycled fibre content in textiles. It will also regulate the presence of substances of concern to allow their minimisation and tracking in view of reducing waste generation and improving recycling, as well as the prevention and reduction of synthetic fibres shed into the environment to significantly reduce microplastic release. At the same time, modulation of extended producer responsibility fees is an effective economic instrument to incentivise more sustainable textile design leading to improved circular design. In order to provide a strong incentive for ecodesign while taking into account the objectives of the internal market and the composition of the textile sector which is primarily composed of SMEs, it is necessary to harmonise criteria for the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the most relevant ecodesign parameters to enable the treatment of textiles in line…

AddedRecital 27 a (new): (27a) Introducing a Digital Product Passport, as a tool to significantly enhance the traceability of textile products throughout their value chain, can empower consumers to make informed choices by providing better access to product information regarding end-of-life management. This would also enable economic operators to accurately track the amount of textile waste generated, assist Member States in implementing and monitoring separate collection obligations for textiles for re-use, preparation for re-use, and recycling in accordance with this Regulation.

AddedRecital 28: (28) In order to monitor that producers meet their obligations relating to their financial, and organisational obligations to ensuring the management of used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products they make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State, it is necessary that a register of producers is established and managed by each Member State and that producers should be obliged to register. The registration requirements and format should be harmonised across the Union to the greatest extent possible so as to facilitate registration in particular where producers make textile, textile-related and footwear products available on the market for the first time in different Member States. The information in the register should be publicly accessible.

AddedRecital 32: (32) Exports of used and waste textiles outside the EU have been steadily increasing with exports representing the greatest share of the re-use market for post-consumer textiles generated in the EU. In view of the significant increase of the collected textile waste after the introduction of separate collection by 2025 it is important to strengthen the efforts to combat illegal shipments of waste to third countries disguised as non-waste for the purpose of ensuring high environmental protection. Building on Regulation …/… [P.O. insert the institutions and serial number, and complete the footnote for the Regulation on the Shipment of waste]84 and in view of the objective to ensure the sustainable management of post-consumer textiles and tackle illegal shipments of waste, it should be provided that all separately collected used textiles, textile-related and footwear products undergo a sorting operation prior to their shipment. Furthermore, it should be provided that all separately collected used textile, textile-related and footwear items are regarded as waste and subject to Union waste legislation, including on the shipments of waste, until they have undergone a sorting operation by a trained sorting for re-use and recycling operator and meet the end-of-waste status conditions. The sorting should be carried out in accordance with the harmonised sorting requirements that deliver high quality re-usable fraction that meet the needs of the receiving second hand textile markets in t…

AddedRecital 33: (33) In order for Member States to achieve the targets set out in this Directive, Member States should revise their food waste prevention programmes to include new measures, involving multiple partners from the public and private sectors including producers, distributors, suppliers, retails and food service providers, as well as social economy actors and environmental and consumer organisations, with coordinated actions tailored to address specific hotspots as well as attitudes and behaviours that lead to food waste. In the preparation of these programmes, Member States could draw inspiration from the recommendations produced by the Citizens’ Panel on Food Waste.

AddedRecital 35 a (new): (35a) It is crucial that the Commission and Member States continue to develop, support and expand existing information and education campaigns regarding waste prevention and management and introduce new ones. Whilst general awareness across all sectors regarding the importance of waste prevention and proper waste management is improving, additional progress is still necessary.

AddedRecital 36 a (new): (36a) In order to facilitate the consistent interpretation of food waste data and reporting requirements by national authorities, while avoiding unneccessary administrative burden for operators in the food supply chain, the Commission should adopt guidance for the interpretation of delegated acts, following the example of the Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on municipal waste1a or the Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on packaging and packaging waste1b; / 1a European Commission, Eurostat, Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on municipal waste according to Commission Implementing Decisions 2019/1004/EC and 2019/1885/EC, and the Joint Questionnaire of Eurostat and OECD (version 2023) (version 2023) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/342366/351811/Guidance+on+municipal+waste+data+collection/ / 1b European Commission, Eurostat, Guidance for the compilation and reporting of data on packaging and packaging waste according to Decision 2005/270/EC (version 2023) https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/342366/351811/PPW+-+Guidance+for+the+compilation+and+reporting+of+data+on+packaging+and+packaging+waste.pdf/297d0cda-e5ff-41e5-855b-5d0abe425673?t=1621978014507

AddedRecital 39 a (new): (39a) It is important that Member States’ implementation of Council Directive 1999/31/EC* is substantially and rapidly improved, as environmental harm in the Union, including cross-border issues, is caused by the prevalence and emergence of illegal dumping sites and landfills across different Member States, like landfills which do not meet the standards and requirements laid out in that Directive. As such, it is appropriate for the Commission to evaluate, review and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal to amend Council Directive 1999/31/EC. It is important that the evaluation assess ways to strengthen implementation provisions. / -------------- / * Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1).

AddedRecital 40 a (new): (40a) It is important to emphasise the need for the Commission to continue its efforts with bringing waste management in line with the principles of circular economy and to consider a targeted revision aimed at healthcare waste, especially pharmaceutical waste from private households. Furthermore, it is important to reduce, reuse and recycle health care waste materials to minimise their environmental impact and resource depletion while safeguarding public health. This would help underscore the Union's dedication to responsible waste management and make healthcare facilities and industry a crucial partner in the Commission's broader efforts to reduce waste and promote sustainability.

AddedDirective 2008/98/EC

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2, Article 3 – paragraph 8 b (new): 8b. ‘social enterprise’ means a private law entity that provides goods and services for the market in an entrepreneurial way and in accordance with the principles and features of the social economy, having social or environmental objectives as the reason for its commercial activity; social enterprises can be set up in a variety of legal forms;

AddedDirective 2008/98/EC

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall take appropriate measures to prevent generation of food waste along the entire food supply chain, in primary production, in processing and manufacturing, in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services as well as in households. Those measures shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) developing and supporting behavioural change interventions to reduce food waste, and information campaigns to raise awareness about food waste prevention as well as food production;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) identifying and addressing inefficiencies in the functioning of the food supply chain and support cooperation amongst all actors, while ensuring a fair distribution of costs and benefits of prevention measures, which may include: - the promotion of fruits and vegetables with external defects that are not compliant with EU or UNECE marketing standards, but still suitable and safe for local or direct consumption, as set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429* ("ugly" fruits and vegetables); and tackling market practices that cause food waste, including those set out in Directive (EU) 2019/633** of the European Parliament and of the Council; / --------------- / * Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2429 of 17 August 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards marketing standards for the fruit and vegetables sector, certain processed fruit and vegetable products and the bananas sector, and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1666/1999 and Commission Implementing Regulations (EU) No 543/2011 and (EU) No 1333/2011 (OJ L, 2023/2429, 03.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/2429/oj). / ** Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain (OJ L 111, 25.4.2019, p. 59).

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) encouraging, food donation and ensuring redistribution for human consumption, prioritising human use over animal feed and the reprocessing into non-food products;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) supporting training and skills development, including in local authorities, as well as facilitating access to funding opportunities, in particular for small and medium sized enterprises and social economy actors;

AddedDirective 2008/98/EC

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point d a (new): (da) encouraging and promoting innovation and technological solutions which contribute to the prevention of food waste, such as intelligent packaging intended to extend the shelf-life or to maintain or improve the condition of packaged food in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009*, especially during transportation and storage, and clearer date labelling on food products and user-friendly tools to reduce confusion and facilitate the use of date markings, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 1169/2011, contributing to the prevention of unnecessary discarding of food items which are still safe for consumption. / ------------- / * Commission Regulation (EC) No 450/2009 of 29 May 2009 on active and intelligent materials and articles intended to come into contact with food (OJ L 135, 30.5.2009, p. 3).

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that all relevant actors in the supply chain are involved proportionately to their capacity and role in generating food waste and in preventing the generation of food waste along the food supply chain, with a specific focus on preventing disproportionate impact on small and medium sized enterprises. Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that economic operators make available for donation unsold food that is safe for human consumption.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall monitor and assess the implementation of their food waste prevention measures, including compliance with the food waste reduction targets referred to in paragraph 4, by measuring the levels of food waste on the basis of the methodology established in accordance with paragraph 3.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 3: 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a to amend Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 and supplement this Directive as regards laying down a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of food waste levels.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The methodology, measurement methods and data used to measure the levels of food waste referred to in paragraph 3 shall be made publicly available.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 4 – point a: (a) reduce the generation of food waste in processing and manufacturing by at least 20 % in comparison to the amount generated as an annual average between 2020 and 2022.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 4 – point b: (b) reduce the generation of food waste per capita, jointly in retail and other distribution of food, in restaurants and food services and in households, by at least 40 % in comparison to the amount generated as an annual average between 2020 and 2022.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 5: 5. Where a Member State can provide data for a reference year prior to 2020, which have been collected using methods comparable to the methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste as set out in the Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, an earlier reference year may be used. That earlier reference year shall apply to both of the targets referred to in paragraph 4, points (a) and (b). The Member State shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of its intention to use an earlier reference year within 18 months of the entry into force of this Directive and shall provide the Commission with the data and measurement methods used to collect them and make them publicly available.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 7 a (new): 7a. Member States are encouraged to coordinate their actions to prevent food waste and share best practices.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraph 7 b (new): 7b. By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall conduct an assessment on the appropriate levels for the setting of targets for the reduction of all primary production food waste, including mature food left unharvested or used on farms. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4, Article 9a – paragraphs 7 c (new): 7c. By 31 December 2027, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the possibility to introduce a binding target of at least 30% with respect to Article 9a(4), point (a), and at least 50% with respect to Article 9a(4), point (b), to be reached by 2035 and submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council which may be accompanied by appropriate legislative proposal to implement such target.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 a (new), Article 10 – paragraph 2 a (new): (4a) In Article 10, the followingparagraphis inserted: / 2a. Member States are encouraged, where appropriate, to introduce prior sorting of municipal mixed waste to prevent waste, which can be recovered for preparing for re-use, or recycling, from being sent to waste incineration or disposed in landfills.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 b (new), Article 10 – paragraph 4: (4b) In Article 10, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: / "4. Member States shall take measures to ensure that waste that has been separately collected for preparing for re-use and recycling pursuant to Article 11(1) and Article 22 is not incinerated or landfilled, with the exception of waste resulting from subsequent treatment operations of the separately collected waste for which incineration delivers the best environmental outcome in accordance with Article 4."

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5, Article 11 – paragraph 1 –subparagraph 3: 5) in Article 11, paragraph 1, the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: / Subject to Article 10(2) and (3), Member States shall set up separate collection at least for paper, metal, plastic and glass, and, by 1 January 2025, for textiles, and shall be encouraged to set up separate collection for wood.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5 a (new), Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3 a (new): 5a) In Article 11, the following subparagraph is inserted after the third subparagraph: / Member States shall undertake necessary measures to ensure sufficient infrastructure is in place for separate collection of waste and is made easily accessible, for all kinds of waste, and where appropriate, shall increase the number of points of separated waste collection. Where municipal waste collection systems are necessary for improvement, Member States shall do so without undue delay."

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure that producers have extended producer responsibility for textile products articles of apparel, clothing accessories and footwear, apparel and clothing accessories listed in Annex IVc (“textile, textile-related and footwear products”) that they make available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State, in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. By 31 December 2024, the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 38a to supplement this Directive as regards laying down further rules on the establishment of extended producer responsibility for personal protection equipment as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council*. / --------------- / * Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC (OJ L 81, 31.3.2016, p. 51).

AddedDirective 2008/98/EC

AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 1 b (new): 1b. By 31 December 2027, Member States shall ensure that producers of carpets and mattresses as referred to in Part 2a (new) of Annex IVc, whose main composition is textile, that make available those carpets and mattresses on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State, shall have extended producer responsibility in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a. Member States may decide to establish a separate extended producer responsibility scheme specifically for those items.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 38a to expand the scope of Annex IVc and to amend Annex IVc to this Directive in order to bring the Combined Nomenclature codes listed in Annex IVc to this Directive in line with the codes listed in Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87*.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall define in a clear, inclusive and balanced way, in accordance with Article 8a (1), point (a), the roles and responsibilities of relevant actors involved in the implementation, monitoring and verification of the extended producer responsibility scheme referred to in paragraph 1. Member States shall ensure that all relevant actors are fully involved in the decision-making process of the extended producer responsibility scheme. Those relevant actors shall include: / (a) producers placing products on the market of the Member State; / (b) organisations implementing extended producer responsibility obligations on their behalf; / (c) private or public waste operators; / (d) local authorities; / (e) re-use and preparing for re-use operators; / (f) social enterprises, including local social enterprises;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 1: (1) the collection of used textile products for re-use and the separate collection of waste textile products for preparing for re-use and recycling in accordance with Articles 22c and 22d

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 2: (2) transport of collected loads referred to in point (1) for subsequent sorting for re-use, for preparing for re-use and recycling operations in accordance with Article 22d,

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 3: (3) sorting, preparing for re-use, recycling and other recovery operations and disposal of collected loads referred to in point (1),

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point a – point 4: (4) collection, transport and treatment referred to in points (1) and (2) of waste generated by social enterprises and other operators that are part of the collection system referred to in Article 22c, paragraphs 5 and 11;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point c: (c) providing information, including via appropriate information campaigns and communication work, on sustainable consumption, waste prevention, re-use, preparing for re-use, recycling, other recovery and disposal of textiles and footwear products in accordance with Article 22c(13), (14) and (17);

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point e: (e) support to research and development to improve the sorting and recycling processes in line with the waste hierarchy referred to in Article 4, in particular, in view of scaling up fibre-to-fibre recycling, without prejudice to Union state aid rules.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 4 – point e a (new): (ea) reuse and repair operations, including research and development for their improvement.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall ensure that producers of textiles, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc cover the costs referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article in relation to the used and waste textiles, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc deposited at the collection points set up in accordance with Article 22c, points 5 and 11, where such products were made available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State after [P.O. insert date of entry into force of this amending Directive], including any used and waste textiles that may be collected through private take-back schemes and later aggregated with textiles collected pursuant to Article 22c(5).

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 6: 6. The costs to be covered referred to in paragraph 4 shall not exceed the costs that are necessary to provide the services referred to in that paragraph in a cost-efficient way consistent with the waste hierarchy and shall be established in a transparent way between the actors concerned.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 6 a (new): 6a. Providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with traders shall ensure that producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc shall be registered in the register of the producers referred to in Article 22b in the Member State where the consumer is located, before placing products from those producers onto their platforms.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22a – paragraph 8: 8. Member States shall ensure that the extended producer responsibility schemes laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article are established by [P.O insert date eighteen months after the entry into force of this amending Directive] in accordance with Articles 8, 8a, 22a to 22d.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall ensure that the register provides links to other national registers to facilitate the registration of producers in all Member States. The register shall be easily accessible and free of charge to the public online.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. Member States shall inform the other Member States about the link to the national register within 30 days of the launch of that register.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b – paragraph 6 – point a: (a) receives applications for the registration of producers referred to in paragraph 2 via an electronic data-processing system the details of which shall be prominently made available on the competent authorities’ website;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b – paragraph 9: 9. The information in the register of producers shall be publicly accessible, machine readable, sortable and searchable, respecting open standards for third party use. Member States shall ensure that providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers are granted access, free of charge, to the register.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b – paragraph 9 a (new): 9a. No later than 31 December 2026, the Commission shall assess the feasibility of establishing a Union-wide register for producers of textile, textile-related, and footwear products listed in Annex IVc. That assessment shall encompass the potential benefits, challenges and administrative capacity required for the implementation of such Union-wide register.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22b a (new): Article 22ba / Reporting guidelines for companies / The Commission shall develop comprehensive guidelines for producers of textile, textile-related and footwear products to report electronically back to the producer responsibility organisations the necessary information referred to in Article 22c(13) and Article 22c(17). Those guidelines shall include at least: / (a) clear instructions regarding reporting schedules to encourage timely data submission and analysis; / (b) specifications for the structure and format of data reporting to ensure uniformity, consistency, and ease of data consolidation for producer responsibility organisations.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall require producer responsibility organisations intending to fulfil the extended producer responsibility obligations on behalf of producers in accordance with Articles 8a(3), 22a, 22b, 22d and this Article to obtain an authorisation by a competent authority. The authorisation process shall include: / (a) clear criteria for the qualifications and competencies of producer responsibility organisations, including ensuring that they have the necessary expertise in waste management, sustainability and environmental impact assessment; / (b) detailed procedures for the resolution of disputes or issues that may arise between producer responsibility organizations and producers, including mechanisms for appealing decisions.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) are based on the weight and quantity of the products concerned and, for textile products listed in Annex IVc, are modulated on the basis of the ecodesign requirements adopted pursuant to the Regulation .../... of the European Parliament and of the Council [P.O. insert the serial number for the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation when adopted]** that are most relevant for the prevention of textile waste and for the treatment of textile waste in line with the waste hierarchy and the corresponding measurement methodologies for those criteria adopted pursuant to that Regulation or on the basis of other Union law establishing harmonised sustainability criteria and measurement methods for textile products, and that ensure the improvement of environmental sustainability and circularity of textiles;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 4: 4. Where necessary to avoid distortion of the internal market and ensure consistency with the ecodesign requirements adopted pursuant to Article 4 read in conjunction with Article 5 of Regulation.../... [P.O. insert the serial number for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation when adopted], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down the fee modulation criteria for the application of paragraph 3, point (a), of this Article. That implementing act shall not concern the precise determination of the level of the contributions and shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2) of this Directive.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point b: (b) ensure the collection, with an adaptable schedule that adjusts demand, free of charge, of such used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products collected at the connected collection points, with a frequency that is proportionate to the area covered and the volume of such used and waste textile products usually collected through those collection points;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) ensure the collection, free of charge, of waste generated by social enterprises and other operators from such textile, textile-related and footwear products collected through the connected collection points as well as promote the full coordination between social enterprises and producer responsibility organisations.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 8: 8. The separate collection rate referred to in paragraph 6, point (c) shall be calculated as the percentage obtained by dividing the weight of waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc collected in accordance with paragraph 5 in a given calendar year in a Member State by the weight of such textile, textile-related and footwear products made available on the market in a given calendar year in a Member State.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 9: 9. By ... [12 months from the entry into force of this amending Directive] the Commission shall adopt delegated acts laying down the methodology for the calculation and verification of the separate collection rate referred to in paragraph 6, point (c) of this Article. That delegated act shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38a.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 10: 10. Member States shall ensure that producer responsibility organisations are not allowed to refuse the participation of local public authorities as well as of social enterprises and other preparing for re-use or re-use operators in the separate collection system established pursuant to paragraph 5.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 11: 11. Without prejudice to paragraph 5, points (a) and (b), and paragraph 6, point (a), Member States shall ensure that social enterprises are allowed to maintain and operate their own separate collection points and that they are given equal or preferential treatment in the location of the separate collection points. Member States shall ensure that local authorities, social enterprises and social economy entities that are part of the connected collection points in accordance with paragraph 6, point (a) are not required to hand over collected used and waste textiles, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc products to the producer responsibility organisation.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 12: 12. Member States shall ensure that collection points set up in accordance with paragraphs 5, 6 and 11 are subject to the registration and permit requirements of this Directive.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 13 – point b: (b) re-use and repair arrangements available for textile and footwear, including the location of collection points and how to correctly donate textiles;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 13 – point c: (c) the role of consumers in correctly contributing to the separate collection of used and waste textile and footwear;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 14 – introductory part: 14. Member States shall ensure that the producer responsibility organisation provide the information referred to in paragraph 13 on a regular basis, that the information is up to date at the point of sale and made accessible through, but not limited to, the following means:

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 14 – point a: (a) a publicly accessible and user-friendly website or other means of electronic communication;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 14 – point b: (b) information in public spaces and at the collection point;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 14 – point c: (c) community engagement through education programmes and campaigns;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 15: 15. Where, in a Member State, multiple producer responsibility organisations are authorised to fulfil extended producer responsibility obligations on behalf of producers, Member States shall ensure that they cover the whole territory of the Member State, with the aim of uniform service quality across the territory of the separate collection system for used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc. Member States, including those where only one producer responsibility organisation is authorised to fulfil extended producer responsibility obligations on behalf of producers, shall entrust the competent authority or appoint an independent third party to oversee that producer responsibility organisations fulfil their obligations in coordinated manner and in accordance with the Union competition rules.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 16: 16. Member States shall require that producer responsibility organisations ensure the confidentiality of the data in their possession as regards proprietary information or information directly attributable to individual producers or their authorised representatives. That confidentiality shall be maintained throughout data handling, storage and reporting processes, with robust security measures and data protection standards in place to prevent unauthorised access or potential data breaches.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 17 – point a: (a) at least each year, subject to commercial and industrial confidentiality, the information on the amount and weight of products placed on the market, the rate of separate collection of used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, including such unsold products, and quantities of textile waste collected from social enterprises, on the rates of re-use, preparation for re-use and recycling, specifying separately the rate of fibre-to-fibre recycling, achieved by the producer responsibility organisation, and on the rates of other recovery, disposal and exports;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 17 – point b a (new): (ba) clear and concise data regarding the environmental impact of textile, textile-related and footwear products, including the impact on the environment and human health, particularly with respect to fast-fashion practices and consumption, recycling and other recovery, and disposal; that information shall also address inappropriate discarding of textile and footwear waste, such as littering or discarding in mixed municipal waste and the steps taken to mitigate these impacts.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22c – paragraph 18: 18. Member States shall ensure that producer responsibility organisations provide a transparent and non-discriminatory selection procedure for waste management operators, based on clear, fair and transparent award criteria, without placing any disproportionate burden on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), taking into consideration the operational realities of waste management operators and ensuring equitable access to waste management services.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall ensure, by 1 January 2025 and subject to Article 10(2) and (3), the separate collection of textiles for re-use, preparing for re-use and recycling.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall ensure that the collection, loading and unloading, transportation and storage infrastructure and operations as well as all other handling processes of textile waste, including at subsequent sorting and treatment operations, receive adequate protection from weather adverse conditions and other potential sources of contamination such as pollutants, chemicals or hazardous materials in order to prevent damage and cross-contamination of the collected used textile products and waste textile products. Separately collected used and waste textiles shall be subject to a rigorous and professional screening process at the separate collection point. That screening shall identify and remove non-target items or materials, as well as substances that are potential sources of contamination.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: With regard to textiles other than the products listed in Annex IVc, as well as unsold textile, textile-related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc, Member States shall ensure that the different fractions of textiles materials and textiles items are kept separate at the point of waste generation where such separation facilitates subsequent re-use, preparing for re-use or recycling. That separation shall be carried out efficiently to maximise resource recovery and environmental benefits, including fibre-to-fibre recycling where technological progress allows and in a cost-effective manner.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 5 – point b: (b) sorting for re-use operations sort textile items at an appropriate level of granularity, allowing from item to item sorting, separating fractions that are fit for direct re-use from those that are to be subject to further preparation for re-use operations, target a specific re-use market applying up-to-date sorting criteria relevant to the receiving market;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 5 – point c: (c) items that are assessed as not suitable for re-use are sorted for recycling and, where technological progress allows, in line with the waste hierarchy established in Article 4(1), prioritise upgrading and remaking over fibre-to-fibre recycling.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Member States may establish mechanisms for the regular monitoring and auditing of sorting operations to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in points (a), (b), (c), and (d).

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. The sorting operation shall follow the principle of proximity, prioritising local sorting and minimising environmental impacts from transportation.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 6: 6. By 31 December 2025 and every 3 years thereafter, Member States shall carry out a compositional survey of collected mixed municipal waste to determine the share and composition in accordance with Annex IVc of waste textiles therein. Member States shall ensure that, on the basis of the information obtained, the competent authorities may require the producer responsibility organisations to take corrective action to increase their network of collection points and carry out information campaigns in accordance with Article 22c(13) and (14). Member States shall ensure that the results of these surveys are available to the public.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 7: 7. Member States shall ensure that, in order to distinguish between used and waste textile shipments of used textiles, textile-related and footwear products suspected of being waste shall be inspected by the competent authorities of Member States for compliance with the minimum requirements set out in paragraphs 8 and 9 for the shipments of used textile, textile related and footwear products listed in Annex IVc and monitored accordingly.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 8 – point d: (d) appropriate protection against damage during transportation, loading and unloading, in particular, through sufficient packaging and appropriate stacking of the load, ensuring that the integrity and quality of the textiles for re-use are maintained throughout the transport process.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 9 – point a: (a) the record of the sorting or preparing for re-use operations shall be fixed securely but not permanently on the packaging;

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 9 – point b – point 1: (1) a comprehensive description of the item or items present in the bale reflecting the most detailed sorting granularity that the textile items have undergone during the sorting or preparing for re-use operations. That description shall include, but not be limited to, type of clothes, size, colour, gender, material composition, and any other relevant characteristics that contribute to efficient re-use and recycling,

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 9 – point b – point 2: (2) the name and address of the company responsible for the final sorting or preparing for re-use, ensuring transparency in the process and accountability for the quality of the items.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 10 a (new): 10a. In accordance with Regulation (EC) 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council*, as amended by Regulation (EU) ... / ... of the European Parliament and of the Council [P.O. :insert reference for Waste Shipments Regulation revision when adopted]**, textile waste shall not be mixed with used textile products. / ------------------ / * Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1). / ** Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste and amending Regulations (EU) No 1257/2013 and (EU) No 2020/1056, COM(2021) 709 final.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 10 b (new): 10b. Member States shall ensure that the shipment of used textiles products to third countries is in accordance with national legislationof those third countries relating to environmental protection, public order, public safety or health protection.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d – paragraph 10 c (new): 10c. By 31 December 2025, the Commission shall develop a study to assess the application of end-of-waste criteria laid down in Article 6 of this Directive to plastic polymers commonly found in solid marine litter, including polyamide. / Where appropriate, the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish detailed measures on the uniform application of Union-wide end-of-waste criteria for marine litter, whilst taking into account best practices already established by Member States.

AddedThe EU lacks adequate solutions for the collection and management of solid marine litter (plastics, fishing nets and gears, etc.). This legal vacuum is preventing plastic waste impairing European marine ecosystems to be appropriately collected, recycled and ultimately given a new life within the emerging EU market for circular materials.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 7, Article 22d a (new): Article 22da / Textile waste reduction targets / 1. By 30 June 2025, the Commission shall conduct an assessment on appropriate levels for the setting of targets for 2032 on textile waste reduction, which shall include levels of collection rates, preparation for re-use, re-use, recycling of textiles and phasing out landfilling of textiles. The assessment shall also include an analysis of the level of exports of used textiles to third countries and of extending the responsibility of producers to those exports. To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 a (new), Article 42 a (new): (11a) the following Article is inserted: / Article 42a / Evaluation and review of the Waste Framework Directive No later than 31 December 2026, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive. The Commission shall present a report on its findings to the European Parliament and to the Council. Where appropriate, the report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal.

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AddedArticle 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 b (new), Article 42 b (new): (11b) the following Article is inserted: / Article 42b / Evaluation and review of the Directive 1999/31/EC / No later than 31 December 2026, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of Council Directive 1999/31/EC. The Commission shall present a report on the findings to the European Parliament and to the Council. Where appropriate, the report shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal.

AddedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by [P.O. insert date twelve months after the entry into force of this amending Directive] at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

AddedProducts that fall within the scope of the extended producer responsibility for certain textile, textile-related and footwear products

AddedHousehold textile products, and textile articles of apparel and clothing accessories that fall within the scope of Article 22a

AddedFootwear, and articles of apparel and clothing accessories whose main composition is not textile within the scope of Article 22a

AddedProducts that fall within the scope of the extended producer responsibility for certain textile products

AddedTextile products, and textile articles of apparel and clothing accessories that fall within the scope of Article 22a

AddedFootwear, and articles of apparel and clothing accessories whose main composition is not textile within the scope of Article 22a

AddedThe Rapporteur of the European Parliament, Mrs. Anna Zalewska MEP, intends to introduce some targeted as well as overhauling changes in the ‘Draft Report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (COM(2023) 420 – C9 0233/2023 – 2023/0234(COD))’, i.e. the Draft Report of the review of the Waste Framework Directive.

AddedFirstly, Mrs. Zalewska brings in changes to the areas in which the Commission proposal had focused on; the new provisions pertaining to food and textile waste. The Rapporteur’s changes include improvements to the actual practicality and functionality of provisions on waste reduction programmes, as well as mandating improved methodologies, as to properly enable the pursuit of reduction targets by Member States.

AddedSecondly, the Rapporteur is introducing several overhauling changes to the Waste Framework Directive which pertain to noticeable shortcomings in its current functionality. The Rapporteur namely introduces an objective for the Union and Member States to eliminate illegal landfills in the EU as well as several technical improvements in practises regarding management of municipal waste.

AddedThirdly, broader changes such as fostering technological innovation and creative solutions as well as information campaigns are also implemented with a view of elevating the profile of waste management and prevention in the Union’s environment policies, as its shortcomings or achievements are immediately evident.

Added1. changes to Commission proposal

Added1.1 food waste (Art. 9a, Art. 29a, relevant parts of Art. 3 and Art. 9)

Added1.1.1 differentiating “food wastage” (food which could have been eaten) from just “food waste” (non-edible parts) more distinctly;

Added1.1.2 for the targets in Art. 9a par. 4, changing base year from 2020 to 2025, and changing target date from 2030 to 2035;

Added1.1.3 new Union-wide food waste reduction target by 2035, clarified by 2030 with greater data availability by then;

Added1.1.4 methodology in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 requires proper referencing as well as an update in Art. 9a;

Added1.1.5 taking into consideration seasonal tourist hikes, influxes of refugees and migrants, when accounting for targets in Art. 9a par. 4;

Added1.1.6 clear distinction for farmers, primary production in Art. 9a par. 4;

Added1.1.7 clarification that pressure is on those that can better predict clients, buffet style catering, not regular restaurants, as well as attention paid to luxury establishments, yachts, private planes, etc. in Art. 9a;

Added1.1.8 encouraging the use of food waste for bio-gas, bio-fuels; encouraging technological solutions e.g. phone apps enabling selection of food before expiry;

Added1.1.9 protecting individual consumers following changes, avoiding food price hikes;

Added1.2 textile waste (Art. 22a - 22d, Annex IVc, relevant parts of Art. 3 and Art. 11)

Added1.2.1 horizontal changes including “textile products” instead of “textiles, textile-related, and footwear products listed in Annex IVc”, and “preparing for reuse” rather than “preparation for reuse” as the correct formulation;

Added1.2.2 adding “used textile products” definition to ensure it is not regarded as waste as it is counterfactual, usage of suitable used textile products and second hand purchasing should be encouraged;

Added1.2.3 addition of “separate collection point” for textiles; deletion of Commission’s deletion of Member States’ introducing separate collection for textiles in Art. 11 and ensuring consistency with Art. 22d par. 1, banning mix of used and waste textile products, giving deadline for implementing act in Art. 22c par. 9;

Added1.2.4 optionality for micro and SME producers for textiles EPR scheme, exemptions for collection of donations for victims of natural disasters and others;

Added1.2.5 adjusting to transposition time for Member States to be in line with necessary implementing act;

Added1.2.6 additions to Annex IVc, however, future delegated acts should not expand its scope as adjusting EPR schemes;

Added1.2.7 allocating part of EPR fees to a fund for reuse and repair operations;

Added1.2.8 focusing to weight, rather than number of textile products in Art. 22c par. 17; Member State information sharing of national register, clarifying information shared by PROs;

Added1.2.9 introduction of Union-wide indicative target for textile waste reduction for 2040

Added1.3 fixing inadequate reporting and monitoring (Art. 37, relevant parts of Art. 11, Art. 11b)

Added1.3.1 Art. 37 par. 3 on Member States not reporting quantitative data on re-use of textiles has been removed;

Added1.3.2 deadline for implementing act in Art. 37 par. 7;

Added1.4 transposition time change to be related to necessary implementing acts;

Added1.5 changes to Article 2 of the Waste Framework Directive have been intentionally left as is in the Commission proposal.

Added2. changes to original Waste Framework Directive beyond Commission proposal

Added2.1 eliminating illegal landfills in the EU (new art. 12a, new art. 23a, new 26a, changes to art. 3, art. 17, art. 23, art. 34, art. 35)

Added2.1.1 introducing definition of illegal landfills, adding a new landfill register;

Added2.1.2 adding rigidity and requirements regarding permits in Art. 23 (and as in Art. 9 in Landfill Directive);

Added2.1.3 changing role of dealers and brokers (expanding definition), all must be on a new register in Art. 26a, requirements of Member States to share information of register with each other;

Added2.1.4 stricter enforcement of sound treatment of hazardous waste, with stricter monitoring of backfilling via groundwater quality and video monitoring in Art. 15, and introducing a deposit system for proof of sound treatment of waste as well as liability and responsibility of producers in Art. 17;

Added2.1.5 use of penalties, creating targeted fund for waste, additional requirements of dealers and brokers, corporate due diligence on reporting waste management;

Added2.1.6 more powers to environment protection inspectorates of national authorities;

Added2.1.7 introducing additional inspections in Art. 34; use of drones and satellite imagery, encouraging new technologies for monitoring; making reporting of illegal landfill sites easier;

Added2.1.8 addressing trans-border waste issues (intra-EU, extra-EU), relation to revision of Waste Shipment Regulation;

Added2.2 municipal waste improvement (Art. 11, Art. 11a, new Art. 15a)

Added2.2.1 municipal waste collection practises require upgrading; encouraging phasing out collection of municipal waste via placing on the street, promoting containers, health concern for humans in new art. 15a;

Added2.2.2 giving deadline for Commission and EEA reporting obligation on progress towards achieving targets Art. 9a par. 4, Art. 11 par. 2 pts. (c), (d), and (e), and Art. 11 par. 3; (alongside accelerating from 2028 to 2025 Commission’s obligation to review municipal recycling targets)

Added2.2.3 adding the use of minerals from incinerated municipal waste to being counted as recycling, if used in cement for construction in Art. 11a; giving a deadline for the existing Commission’s obligation to put forward the tight methodology;

Added2.2.4 mandating Commission analysis by end of 2025 in Art. 11 of producing alternative fuels from different wastes, in line with the analyses mandated for municipal waste;

Added3. broader changes in waste management as new additions to original Waste Framework Directive beyond Commission proposal

Added3.1 immediate requirements for EU institution buildings in each Member State to be exemplary in waste management, ensuring food wastage is as close to zero as possible;

Added3.2 encouraging innovative projects and creative solutions in new Art. 32a for waste management;

Added3.2.1 Commission support to foster projects from EU funds, especially technological advancements (including projects to clean up rivers, sea shores, lakes, etc.);

Added3.3 ensuring financial and technical support for Member States;

Added3.4 enabling information and education campaigns in new Art. 32b, including encouraging thrift shop purchasing, increasing knowledge and active participation of public.

AddedAll in all, it is the hope of the Rapporteur that the Parliament, together with the Council and Commission, to bring about a much needed turning point in the fight against waste pollution with policy changes that would markedly improve the way the Union undergoes its waste prevention and waste management programmes.

AddedWaste prevention and management, regarding each waste type, is arguably the most pivotal policy tool in the pursuit of protecting the environment and human health in the Union.