1. 4. 1. Import / Export of Waste
4.1 Import / Export of Waste State of play after the 2010 Working Group Meeting
Preparatory Meeting for DIMESA 2010
11 March 2010 – Eurostat, Luxembourg
Christian Heidorn

2. Policy need According to Article 1 (3, c) of Regulation 2150/2002/EC:
The statistics shall cover …. after the pilot studies according to Article 5: import and export of waste for which no data is collected under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 (now 1013/2006/EC) = Waste Shipment Regulation
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3. Policy need Improve knowledge on the destination of waste
Improve the link between statistics on waste generation and waste treatment
Increase usability of waste statistics (for indicators, monitoring purposes…)
Particularly important for countries
lacking recycling capacities or
importing large quantities for recovery/recycling
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4. History Pilot studies on import and export of waste (2005 – 07)
Discussions in waste statistics working group and task force (2005 – 2009)
Report to Council and European Parliament (2008)
Legal proposal discussed at DIMESA and SPC/ESSC meetings in 2009: Eurostat to revise the proposal
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5. Main problems
Member States have no adequate data source to compile statistics on import and export of waste
Foreign trade statistics not suitable for several countries
Lack of methodology
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6. Extent of statistical requirements
Current reporting matrix
New reporting requirements
Waste type
NACE
Total waste
of which: waste exported
waste imported 1
_..._ 19 20
Intra-EU
Extra-EU
15 Metals
17 Glass
19 Paper
21 Plastics
_....._ 47 48
Total
Haz.
XXX
Non hz
limit waste categories to maximal 10
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7. Tour de table Simplification Task force Other proposals
Restriction of waste categories
Only extra EU shipments - exports and imports
Task force
To further elaborate the simplification options
Advise on methodology studies
Other proposals
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8. Results All Countries (except one) confirm the political need
15 Countries would accept the Commission proposal, but 4 would need simplifications
7 Countries are not in a position to accept the legal proposal
Only few Countries find the proposed simplifications useful and would opt for the full data collection
5 Countries stated that a workshop would be useful, more Countries supported this approach later in the discussions
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9. Conclusions
The Commission will continue to develop statistics on import and export of waste
No new legal proposal in the short term
Workshop in Autumn 2010 to prepare for …
Voluntary data collections
Note to Countries after Easter asking for participation and explanation of situation in Countries
Countries who participate should ‘feel’ committed to go forward with pilot data collection
Eurostat will investigate other data sources (e-PRTR, Annex 7 of Waste Shipment Regulation, … ?)
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10. Thank you for your attention Christian.Heidorn@ec.europa.eu
4.1 Import / Export of Waste State of play after the 2010 Working Group Meeting
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