Legal provisions of COM(2013)516 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2013)516 - Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste. |
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document | COM(2013)516 |
date | May 15, 2014 |
Article 1
(1) | in Article 2, the following points are added:
(7) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).’;" |
(2) | in Article 26, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. Subject to the agreement of the competent authorities concerned and of the notifier, the information and documents listed in paragraph 1 may be submitted and exchanged by means of electronic data interchange with electronic signature or electronic authentication in accordance with Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), or a comparable electronic authentication system which provides the same level of security. With a view to facilitating the implementation of the first subparagraph, the Commission shall, where feasible, adopt implementing acts establishing the technical and organisational requirements for the practical implementation of electronic data interchange for the submission of documents and information. The Commission shall take into consideration any relevant international standards, and shall ensure that those requirements are in conformity with Directive 1999/93/EC or provide at least the same level of security as provided for under that Directive. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59a(2). (8) Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures (OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12).’;" |
(3) | Article 50 is amended as follows:
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(4) | in Article 51, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: ‘2. Before the end of each calendar year, Member States shall also draw up a report for the previous year, based on the additional reporting questionnaire in Annex IX, and shall send it to the Commission. Within a month of transmission of that report to the Commission, Member States shall also make the section of that report relating to Article 24 and Article 50(1), (2) and (2a), including Table 5 of Annex IX, publicly available, including electronically via the internet, together with any explanation that the Member States consider to be appropriate. The Commission shall compile a list of the Member States’ hyperlinks referred to in the section relating to Article 50(2) and (2a) in Annex IX and make it publicly available on its website.’; |
(5) | Article 58 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 58 Amendment of the Annexes 1. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58a to amend the following:
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(6) | the following Article is inserted: ‘Article 58a Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 58 shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 17 July 2014. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 58 may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 5. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 58 shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.’; |
(7) | Article 59 is deleted; |
(8) | Article 59a is replaced by the following: ‘Article 59a Committee procedure 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee established by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC. That committee is a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011. 2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply. Where the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.’; |
(9) | in Article 60, the following paragraph is added: ‘2a. By 31 December 2020, the Commission shall, taking into account, inter alia, the reports drawn up in accordance with Article 51, carry out a review of this Regulation and submit a report on the results thereof to the European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal. In that review, the Commission shall consider, in particular, the effectiveness of Article 50(2a) in combating illegal shipments, taking into account environmental, social and economic aspects.’; |
(10) | Annex IX is amended as follows:
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(11) | in Annex IX, Table 5, the heading of the last column is replaced by the following: ‘Measures taken, including any penalties imposed’. |
Article 2
It shall apply from 1 January 2016.
Notwithstanding the second paragraph, point (4) of Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2018.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.