The amended proposal incorporates 13 of the 29 amendments adopted by the European
Parliament at first reading. The main changes made by the Commission have the purpose of:
- introducing into one recital a reference to the waste hierarchy;
- stressing the need for legislation on the processing of dredging sludges;
- ensuring that the cost of the financial security is included in the price to be charged for the
landfilling of waste;
- drawing attention to the need to improve monitoring and reporting systems;
- inserting in the definition of inert waste a specific reference to the proposed water framework
Directive;
- defining liquid waste more specifically in relation to percentage of solids;
- clarifying that mine storage and underground storage are covered by the overall definition of
landfill;
- introducing an exemption for non-hazardous sludges to be deposited in surface water including
the waterway bed as well as an exemption for the deposit of unpolluted soil or non-hazardous
inert waste from various mining activities;
- introducing an obligation for the Commission to forward to Parliament and the Council a report
on national strategies and an obligation for Member States and the Commission to report on
compliance with the reduction targets;
- deleting the exemption for tyres with a diameter above 1400 mm;
- specifying the obligations for the operator during the aftercare period (a period of 30 months);
- introducing a provision to ensure that landfills without a permit in accordance with Directive
75/442/EEC are closed down.
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