Recitals
- Recital (1)The prevention and management of all types of waste is a crucial tool in the pursuit of protecting the environment and human health in the…
- Recital (2)The European Green Deal, set out in the Commission communication of 11 December 2019, and the new Circular Economy Action Plan for a…
- Recital (3)According to the Commission communication of 30 March 2022 on the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (the Strategy),…
- Recital (4)The appropriate collection of textiles will contribute to reducing the presence of waste synthetic textiles in the environment, including…
- Recital (5)Taking into account the negative effects of food waste, Member States committed themselves to taking measures to promote the prevention and…
- Recital (6)As a follow-up to the Conference on the Future of Europe which ran from April 2021 to May 2022, the Commission committed itself to enabling…
- Recital (7)Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amended Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the…
- Recital (8)Definitions of producer of textile, textile-related or footwear products, making available on the market, online platform, fulfilment…
- Recital (9)Despite the growing awareness of the negative impacts and consequences of food waste, the political commitments made at Union and Member…
- Recital (10)With regard to food waste prevention, Member States have, to a certain extent, developed communication materials and carried out campaigns…
- Recital (11)Disparities in bargaining power between suppliers and buyers of agricultural and food products persist in food supply chains across the…
- Recital (12)The European Economic and Social Committee and the European Food Security Crisis preparedness and response Mechanism have recognised the…
- Recital (13)Having regard to their potential to reduce food waste, Member States should support innovative and technological solutions that accurately…
- Recital (14)In order to achieve results in the short term, and to give food business operators, consumers and public authorities the necessary…
- Recital (15)Having regard to the Union’s commitment to the ambition set out in SDG Target 12.3, it is expected that the setting of food waste reduction…
- Recital (16)Reducing food waste at any stage along the food supply chain yields a significant positive environmental impact. Reducing food waste at the…
- Recital (17)In light of the interdependence between the distribution and consumption stages in the food supply chain, in particular the influence of…
- Recital (18)Demographic changes have a significant impact on the amount of food consumed and food waste generated. A joint food waste reduction target,…
- Recital (19)2020 was the first year in which Member States measured food waste levels using the harmonised methodology set out in Commission Delegated…
- Recital (20)In order to ensure that the step-wise approach towards the achievement of the global target delivers its objectives, the levels set for the…
- Recital (21)In order to ensure better, more timely and more uniform implementation of the provisions related to food waste prevention, to anticipate…
- Recital (22)In line with the polluter-pays principle, as referred to in Article 191(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU),…
- Recital (23)In the context of this amending Directive, used textiles should be understood as separately collected textiles that are discarded by the…
- Recital (24)According to the Commission communication of 9 December 2021 entitled Building an economy that works for people: an action plan for the…
- Recital (25)There are wide disparities as regards the way in which the separate collection of textiles is set up or planned to be set up, whether…
- Recital (26)According to the European Environment Agency, currently less than 1 % of all clothing waste is used to make new clothing in a circular way.…
- Recital (27)Member States should require producer responsibility organisations to ensure the confidentiality of the data in their possession as regards…
- Recital (28)Household textile and apparel and clothing accessories comprise the largest share of Union textile consumption and the biggest contributor…
- Recital (29)According to the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission 2024 – 2029, the Commission will work on a new Circular Economy Act…
- Recital (30)The textile sector is resource-intensive. With regard to the production of raw materials and textiles, most of the pressures and impacts…
- Recital (31)The purpose of extended producer responsibility for textile, textile-related and footwear products is to ensure a high level of…
- Recital (32)As the financial contributions to be paid by a producer should cover the costs for the waste management of products that that producer…
- Recital (33)Pursuant to Article 193 TFEU, protective measures adopted pursuant to Article 192 TFEU do not prevent any Member State from maintaining or…
- Recital (34)Producers should be responsible for setting up collection systems for the collection of all used and waste textile, textile-related and…
- Recital (35)Producers and producer responsibility organisations should finance the scaling up of textile recycling, in particular fibre-to-fibre…
- Recital (36)Used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products should be collected separately from other waste streams, such as metals,…
- Recital (37)In view of the key role of social economy entities in the existing textile collection systems and their potential to create local,…
- Recital (38)Producers and producer responsibility organisations should be actively involved in providing information to end users, in particular to…
- Recital (39)In order to increase the circularity and environmental sustainability of textiles and to reduce the adverse impacts on climate and the…
- Recital (40)Industrial and commercial practices, such as ultra-fast and fast fashion, influence the length of use of the product and the likelihood of…
- Recital (41)Member States should take into account criteria such as the volume of textiles, textile-related and footwear products which are made…
- Recital (42)In order to monitor that producers meet their financial and organisational obligations in relation to the management of used and waste…
- Recital (43)Since SMEs constitute 99 % of the textile sector, the implementation of an extended producer responsibility scheme for textile,…
- Recital (44)Pursuant to Article 30 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council, providers of online platforms that allow…
- Recital (45)In order to ensure the effective enforcement of the extended producer responsibility obligations, registration in the textile producer…
- Recital (46)Undesirable situations of free-riding could also occur in relation to fulfilment service providers. This Directive introduces provisions…
- Recital (47)The rapidly growing e-commerce market brings many opportunities, but also represents a significant challenge, especially in terms of…
- Recital (48)In order to ensure that the treatment of textiles is in line with the waste hierarchy, producer responsibility organisations should ensure…
- Recital (49)The Commission will develop and propose an implementing act for setting end-of-waste criteria for textiles, based on the ongoing work of…
- Recital (50)Exports of used textile products assessed as fit for re-use and waste textiles to destinations outside the Union have been steadily…
- Recital (51)In order for Member States to achieve the targets provided for in this Directive, Member States should evaluate and adapt their food waste…
- Recital (52)Clear accountability and governance of food waste prevention measures are essential to ensure effective coordination of action to drive…
- Recital (53)The granularity of the information on post-consumer municipal textiles management at Union level should be improved to monitor more…
- Recital (54)It is crucial that the Commission and Member States continue to develop, support and expand information and education campaigns regarding…
- Recital (55)Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 establishes a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels…
- Recital (56)In order to bring the CN codes listed in Directive 2008/98/EC in line with the CN codes listed in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,…
- Recital (57)In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of Directive 2008/98/EC, implementing powers should be conferred on the…
- Recital (58)Directive 2008/98/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.
- Recital (59)It is important that Member States’ implementation of Council Directive 1999/31/EC is substantially and rapidly improved to avoid…
- Recital (60)Since the objectives of this Directive, namely to improve the environmental sustainability of the management of food waste and of used and…
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