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The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has prepared a package of two reports defining the concept of End of Waste (EoW) and the waste types suitable for this classification.

The European Court of Justice has heard the case for the annulment of Regulation (EC) No 1013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste.

The Czech Presidency has proposed a simplification of existing EU waste legislation.

Earlier this month CEMBUREAU responded the European Commission’s Green Paper on the management of bio-waste in the EU

Net greenhouse gas emissions from municipal waste management are expected to drop considerably by 2020 because of increased recycling and incineration with energy recovery, says the European Environment Bureau.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) heard the European Commission present its case for the annulment of Regulation (EC) No 1013 on shipments of waste (OJ 2006 L 190, p. 1) this month.

A stakeholder workshop involving Member States, industry and other stakeholders on European Commission plans to strengthen the implementation of European waste legislation was held in Brussels earlier this month.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 304/2009 amending Annexes IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council was published in the EU’s Official Journal (OJ) in April and entered into force this month.

Hazardous waste shipments out of the EU rose fourfold between 1997 and 2005, according to a recent Commission report on the implementation of EU waste shipment legislation.

A second informal stakeholder meeting to discuss the creation of an EU waste implementation agency was held earlier this month.