CHAPTER V

PLANS AND PROGRAMMES

Waste management plans
Article 28
1
Member States shall ensure that their competent authorities establish, in accordance with Articles 1, 4, 13 and 16, one or more waste management plans.
Those plans shall, alone or in combination, cover the entire geographical territory of the Member State concerned.
2
The waste management plans shall set out an analysis of the current waste management situation in the geographical entity concerned, as well as the measures to be taken to improve environmentally sound preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery and disposal of waste and an evaluation of how the plan will support the implementation of the objectives and provisions of this Directive.
3
The waste management plans shall contain, as appropriate and taking into account the geographical level and coverage of the planning area, at least the following:
a
the type, quantity and source of waste generated within the territory, the waste likely to be shipped from or to the national territory, and an evaluation of the development of waste streams in the future;
b
existing major disposal and recovery installations, including any special arrangements for waste oils, hazardous waste, waste containing significant amounts of critical raw materials, or waste streams addressed by specific Union legislation;
c
an assessment of the need for closure of existing waste installations, and for additional waste installation infrastructure in accordance with Article 16.
Member States shall ensure that an assessment of the investments and other financial means, including for local authorities, required to meet those needs is carried out. This assessment shall be included in the relevant waste management plans or in other strategic documents covering the entire territory of the Member State concerned;
ca
information on the measures to attain the objective laid down in Article 5(3a) of Directive 1999/31/EC or in other strategic documents covering the entire territory of the Member State concerned;
cb
an assessment of existing waste collection schemes, including the material and territorial coverage of separate collection and measures to improve its operation, of any derogations granted in accordance with Article 10(3), and of the need for new collection schemes;
d
sufficient information on the location criteria for site identification and on the capacity of future disposal or major recovery installations, if necessary;
e
general waste management policies, including planned waste management technologies and methods, or policies for waste posing specific management problems;
f
measures to combat and prevent all forms of littering and to clean up all types of litter;
g
appropriate qualitative or quantitative indicators and targets, including on the quantity of generated waste and its treatment and on municipal waste that is disposed of or subject to energy recovery.
4
The waste management plan may contain, taking into account the geographical level and coverage of the planning area, the following:
a
organisational aspects related to waste management including a description of the allocation of responsibilities between public and private actors carrying out the waste management;
b
an evaluation of the usefulness and suitability of the use of economic and other instruments in tackling various waste problems, taking into account the need to maintain the smooth functioning of the internal market;
c
the use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at the general public or at a specific set of consumers;
d
historical contaminated waste disposal sites and measures for their rehabilitation.
5
Waste management plans shall conform to the waste planning requirements laid down in Article 14 of Directive 94/62/EC, to the targets laid down in Article 11(2) and (3) of this Directive and to the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Directive 1999/31/EC, and for the purposes of litter prevention, to the requirements laid down in Article 13 of Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
and Article 11 of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
.

Waste prevention programmes
Article 29
1
Member States shall establish waste prevention programmes setting out at least the waste prevention measures as laid down in Article 9(1) in accordance with Articles 1 and 4.
Such programmes shall be integrated either into the waste management plans required under Article 28 or into other environmental policy programmes, as appropriate, or shall function as separate programmes. If any such programme is integrated into the waste management plan or into those other programmes, the waste prevention objectives and measures shall be clearly identified.
2
When establishing such programmes, Member States shall, where relevant, describe the contribution of instruments and measures listed in Annex IVa to waste prevention and shall evaluate the usefulness of the examples of measures indicated in Annex IV or other appropriate measures. The programmes shall also describe existing waste prevention measures and their contribution to waste prevention.
The aim of such objectives and measures shall be to break the link between economic growth and the environmental impacts associated with the generation of waste.
2a
Member States shall adopt specific food waste prevention programmes within their waste prevention programmes.
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5
The Commission shall create a system for sharing information on best practice regarding waste prevention and shall develop guidelines in order to assist the Member States in the preparation of the Programmes.

Evaluation and review of plans and programmes
Article 30
1
Member States shall ensure that the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes are evaluated at least every sixth year and revised as appropriate and, where relevant, in accordance with Articles 9 and 11.
2
The European Environment Agency shall publish, every two years, a report containing a review of the progress made in the completion and implementation of waste prevention programmes, including an assessment of the evolution as regards the prevention of waste generation for each Member State and for the Union as a whole, and as regards the decoupling of waste generation from economic growth and the transition towards a circular economy.

Public participation
Article 31
Member States shall ensure that relevant stakeholders and authorities and the general public have the opportunity to participate in the elaboration of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes, and have access to them once elaborated, in accordance with Directive 2003/35/EC or, if relevant, Directive 2001/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2001 on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment . They shall place the plans and programmes on a publicly available website.

Cooperation
Article 32
Member States shall cooperate as appropriate with the other Member States concerned and the Commission to draw up the waste management plans and the waste prevention programmes in accordance with Articles 28 and 29.

Information to be submitted to the Commission
Article 33
1
Member States shall inform the Commission of the waste management plans and waste prevention programmes referred to in Articles 28 and 29, once adopted, and of any substantial revisions to the plans and programmes.
2
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the format for notifying the information on the adoption and substantial revisions of the waste management plans and the waste prevention programmes. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 39(2).
Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
17 June 2008
establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (
OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19
).
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of
23 October 2000
establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (
OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1
).
OJ L 197, 21.7.2001, p. 30.
Substituted by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (Text with EEA relevance).
Inserted by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (Text with EEA relevance).
Deleted by Directive (EU) 2018/851 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste (Text with EEA relevance).