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Fédération Européenne des Activités de la Dépollution et de l’Environnement
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Europäische Föderation der Entsorgungswirtschaft
EUROPE DAY 2012
8 May
Brussels
Europe day 2012:
FEAD priorities and EU developments
Nadine De Greef
FEAD Secretary General
Brussels
8 May
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services
Outline
Revision of the Public Procurement Directives/New
Concessions Directive
Resource Efficiency
Implementation of the Waste Framework Directive/
Hungarian complaint
Cohesion Policy
Revision of the Waste Treatment BREF
Shipments /waste inspection criteria/fact finding
Other on-going issues
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Revision of the Public Procurement
Directives/New Concessions Directive
December 2011: Commission proposal for the
revision of the public procurement Directives
and for a new Directive on service concessions
Current discussions in EP IMCO Committee
Proposals expected to be adopted by the end of
2012
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Revision of the Public Procurement
Directives/Concessions Directives
FEAD calls for:
Activities in the open market, transparency and level
playing field between public and private companies
Stricter rules concerning public-public cooperation and
exemptions from the scope of the Directives - the
proposed rules should be strengthened and not watered
down during the co-decision process
The price should never be the sole awarding criterion
Strengthening of the requirements on green public
procurement, leading to greater Resource Efficiency
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Resource Efficiency
September 2011: EC published the Roadmap to a
Resource Efficient Europe
February 2012: The EP published its own initiative
report on a resource efficient Europe (rapporteur
MEP Gerbrandy – ALDE)
Autumn 2012: EC proposal for a 7th EAP
End of 2012: EC Communication on the review of
the SCP-SIP Action Plan
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Resource Efficiency
FEAD key recommendations:
Better dialogue between producers’ and recyclers’ sectors
Extension of Eco-Design Directive to cover material RE of key
products
Development of Ecolabels identifying recycled material content of
products
Strengthening the producer responsibility principle and encouraging
the use of IPR
Reduction of VAT rates to promote secondary raw materials
Encouragement of separate collection of food waste and setting of
food waste prevention targets
Better implementation of the waste acquis can lead to greater RE
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10 May 2012: FEAD-BDE seminar„Moving up the Waste
Hierarchy – Best Practice Examples”
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Implementation of the Waste Framework
Directive
The WFD was due to be transposed in December 2010
Beginning of 2012: Reasoned opinions have been sent to
13 MS, concerning the transposition of the WFD
26 April: EC announced the referral of Poland, Hungary,
Slovakia and Bulgaria to ECJ for failing to transpose the
WFD
2012: Detailed conformity assessment of the transposition
of the WFD in the MS by DG ENV
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Implementation of the WFD/Transposition in
Hungary
End of 2011: Hungary notified a new draft law to the EC, DG ENTR,
intended to transpose the WFD
This law would violate basic European internal market freedoms:
 Infringement of the freedom of establishment
 Violation of the right to property, as stipulated in the European
Charter of human rights
 Infringement of the free movement of goods
 Violation of EU competition rules
30 March 2012: End of standstill period – detailed opinions sent by
Austria, Germany, France – Comments by DG Enterprise
FEAD actions against the Hungarian draft law:
March 2012: FEAD comments were filed to DG MARKT, COMP,
REGI, ENV, ENTR
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Cohesion Policy
European Commission
October 2011 – Presentation of the proposal for the next funding period
European Parliament
6 March 2012 - FEAD EP breakfast meeting
19 April - Presentation of the draft report on Cohesion policy Regulation
(final version expected 29 May)
July - Adoption of EP Report on CPR in REGI Committee
September –Adoption of EP report in plenary
Council
Mid April and end of June - General Affairs Council discussion on
Cohesion Policy package
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The proposals are expected to be adopted in the course of 2013 along
with the 2014-2020 MFF
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Cohesion Policy
Shortcomings of the current Cohesion Poliy:
Funding focus on waste treatment infrastructure at the lower end
of the waste hierarchy – paradigm shift will contribute to a better
compliance of Member States with the different targets of EU
waste legislation (i.e. recycling targets, landfill diversion targets
etc.)
Low absorption rate of the available EU funding
FEAD is concerned that the EP and Member
States will water down the EC proposal for the
introduction of an ex-ante conditionality,
according to which the European funds should
be allocated to projects that respect and
promote the waste hierarchy.
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Revision of the Waste Treatment BREF
Adoption of the IED (Industrial Emissions) Directive in 2010:
BREFs (Best Available Techniques Reference Documents) will
become legally binding in the future – impacts permitting conditions;
Extension of the Directive‘s scope to certain recycling activities
(treatment in shredders of metal waste, including waste electrical and
electronic equipment and end-of-life vehicles and their components).
Modifications of the ‚Seville‘ approach with the new IED:
Enforced role of national authorities in the selection process of
reference plants (i.e. selection of reference plants per Member
State);
FEAD position: Ensure that ELVs remain feasible by setting the ELVs
at the average level of both, best and worst performing installations,
and not at the level of just the top-performers;
FEAD activities:
Preparation of the revision of the Waste Treatment BREF; expected
to start end of 2012/2013;
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Shipments /waste inspection criteria/Fact
finding
Illegal shipment of waste under the “re-use” label - a
key concern for European industry and society;
Need to distinguish between an unintentional
administrative breach of law and criminal illegal
shipments of waste;
Member States: Greater commitment and financial
resources required in order to limit illegal shipments;
FEAD welcomes the future EC proposal on waste
inspection criteria and stressed the need for the EC
to focus on identifying actual criminal activities, i.e.
illegal shipments of waste.
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Other important on-going issues
Proper enforcement of REACH and CLP
(Classification, Labelling, Packaging)
regulations;
R1 energy efficieny formula for municipal waste
incinerators and climate correction factor;
Revision of the Landfill Directive;
Revision of the List of Waste.
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FEAD Seminar in cooperation with BDE
“Moving up the Waste Hierarchy –
Best Practice Examples”
in the context of the
IFAT ENTSORGA Fair,
Munich, 10 May 2012, 9:30 – 12:30
Hall A3, 1st floor, Conf. Room A31/32
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