Waste statistics: adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny

PURPOSE: adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 on waste statistics, as regards the implementing powers conferred on the Commission (comitology).

PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: The purpose of the adjustment is to introduce the new regulatory procedure with scrutiny into Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, as provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC as amended (reform of comitology procedures).

The Commission has carefully examined all the instruments adopted by co-decision in order to identify those which permit the Commission to adopt measures of general scope designed to amend non-essential elements of the basic instrument in question. The Commission has identified more than 200 instruments that should be adjusted. Some of these instruments come under the Commission's codification programme. One of these is Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 on waste statistics.

In this particular case, Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 stipulates that the Commission may define the proper quality evaluation criteria and the contents of the quality reports, implement the results of the pilot studies and adapt the contents of the annexes. Since these measures are of general scope and seek to amend non-essential elements of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, including by supplementing it by the addition of new non-essential elements, they should be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.