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AddedEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 9 September 2025 on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (06978/2/2025 – C10-0139/2025 – 2023/0234(COD))

RemovedEuropean Parliament legislative resolution of 13 March 2024 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (COM(2023)0420 – C9-0233/2023 – 2023/0234(COD))

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Removed1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

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RemovedPosition of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 March 2024 with a view to the adoption of Directive (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste

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RemovedTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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Removed(-1) Waste prevention and management for all types of waste is a crucial tool in the pursuit of protecting the environment and human health in the Union. As Member States strive to improve continuously their waste prevention and management programmes, it is vital to stringently apply the waste hierarchy. [Am. 1]

Removed(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. [Am. 2]

Removed(2) According to the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles 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. [Am. 3]

Removed(2a) According to the briefing of the European Environmental Agency entitled ‘Microplastics from textiles in Europe’, 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. [Am. 4]

Removed(3) Having regard toTaking 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. [Am. 5]

Removed(4) As a follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe, the Commission committed itself to enabling citizens’ panels to deliberate and make recommendations ahead of certain key proposals. In this context, a European Citizens’ panel was convened, from December 2022 to February 2023 to elaborate a list of recommendations on how to step-up actions to reduce food waste in the Union. As households account for over half of food waste generated in the Union, citizens’ insights on food waste prevention are particularly relevant. Citizens recommended three principal lines of action including strengthening cooperation in the food value chain, food business initiatives and supporting consumer behavioural change. The panel’s recommendations will continue to support the Commission’s overall work programme related to food waste prevention and may serve as a guide to help Member States in achieving the food waste reduction targets.

Removed(5) Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council excluded from the scope of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council carbon dioxide captured and transported for the purposes of geological storage and geologically stored pursuant to the requirements of Directive 2006/12/EC. The provision in Directive 2009/31/EC amending Directive 2006/12/EC was not, however, incorporated in Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, which repealed Directive 2006/12/EC. Therefore, for the purposes of ensuring legal certainty, this Directive incorporates the amendments of Directive 2009/31/EC concerning the exclusion of carbon dioxide captured and transported for the purposes of geological storage and geologically stored from the scope of Directive 2008/98/EC.

Removed(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. [Am. 6]

Removed(6) Definitions of producers of textile products, online platforms and producer responsibility organisations linked to the implementation of the extended producer responsibility for textiles need to be included in Directive 2008/98/EC so that the scope of these concepts and linked obligations is clarified.

Removed(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 rather than elicitingand 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, including public-private partnerships and citizen engagement as well adaptation to specific regional needs such as outermost regions or islands. [Am. 7]

Removed(8) Despite the growing awareness of the negative impacts and consequences of food waste, the political commitments made at EU and Member State levels, and Union measures implemented since the 2015 Circular Economy Action Plan, food waste generation is not sufficiently decreasing to make significant progress towards achieving Target 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12. In order to ensure significant contribution towards the attainment of SDG Target 12.3, the measures to be taken by Member States should be strengthened to make progress in the implementation of this Directive and of other appropriate measures to reduce food waste generation.

Removed(9) In order to achieve results in the short term, and to give food business operators, consumers and public authorities the necessary perspective for the longer term, quantified targets for reduction of food waste generation, to be achieved by Member States by 2030, should be set.

Removed(10) Having regard to the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, 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). The establishment of legally binding targets should thus follow a step-wise approach, starting with a level which is lower than the one set under the SDG, with a view to ensuring a consistent response of Member States and tangible progress towards Target 12.3. [Am. 8]

Removed(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. [Am. 9]

Removed(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. [Am. 10]

Removed(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. [Am. 11]

Removed(12) Bearing in mind the interdependence between the distribution and consumption stages in the food supply chain, in particular the influence of retail practices on consumer behaviour and the relation between food consumption in- and out-of-home, it is advisable to set up one joint target for these stages of the food supply chain. Setting separate targets for each of these stages would add unnecessary complexity and would limit Member States’ flexibility in focusing on their specific areas of concern. In order to avoid that a joint target results in excessive burden on certain operators, Member States will be advised to consider the principle or proportionality in setting up measures to reach the joint target.