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Mr President, the Commission welcomes the outcome of the conciliation process and is pleased that the co-legislators decided to more than double the recycling target by 2008. The Commission also welcomes the fact that solutions could be found for two important and difficult issues. The first is the procedure for adopting a deadline for accession states, and the second is the question of the consequences of the recent court judgment on energy recovery.
Concerning the deadline for the accession countries, a Commission proposal is under preparation. The Commission thinks that the Parliament needs to be fully involved in this important matter, therefore this proposal will be based on codecision.
On the consequences of the Court judgment the Commission realises that not everybody is happy with the solution of transforming the recovery target into a target for recovery and incineration at waste incineration plants with energy recovery. However, it would have been difficult to take Member States to court for having interpreted ‘recovery’ in the same way as most Member States and the Commission would have done until the judgment. The view taken by the co-legislators may indeed avoid a period of legal uncertainty from which no one would have benefited. However, this should not hide the fact that we need to solve the recovery issue. This must be done, not only for packaging, but also for all waste. Therefore the Commission thinks that we need to review the status of recovery in the waste framework directive. The ongoing debate on the thematic strategy on waste prevention and recycling will be an important input to such a view.
The Commission would like to congratulate the rapporteur, Mrs Corbey, as well as all the Members who have contributed to ensuring the successful outcome of this important legislative process."@en1
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