The content of the published regulation contains no changes from the version agreed by the Technical Adaptation Committee on 1 July 2010, which we analysed in the news item of 23 July 2010.

Link: Regulation 1103/2010/EC

In its preamble, the Commission says that, to avoid excessive administrative burden, it is appropriate to limit the list of information required to those data which are most relevant for the Commission to asses the need for improving implementation of the Directive.

The annex to the Decision sets out under eleven headings (transposition into national law, environmental performance, collection schemes, collection targets ….. financing, inspection and enforcement etc) the specific requirements for information.

For full details, see the Commission’s Decision.

• mailing pouches for catalogues and magazines (with a magazine inside);
• cake doilies sold with a cake;
• rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material (e.g. plastic film, aluminium, paper) is wound, except rolls, tubes and cylinders intended as parts of production machinery and not used to present a product as a sales unit;
• flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time;
• glass bottles for injection solutions;
• CD spindles (sold with CDs, not intended to be used as storage);
• clothes hangers (sold with an item of clothing);
• matchboxes;
• sterile barrier systems (pouches, trays and materials necessary to preserve the sterility of the product);
• beverage system capsules (e.g. coffee, cocoa, milk) which are left empty after use;
• refillable steel cylinders used for various kinds of gas, excluding fire extinguishers. 

• clothes hangers (sold separately);
• beverage system coffee capsules, coffee foil pouches, and filter paper coffee pods disposed of together with the used coffee product;
• printer cartridges;
• CD, DVD and video cases (sold together with a CD, DVD or video inside);
• CD spindles (sold empty, intended to be used for storage);
• soluble bags for detergents;
• grave side lights (containers for candles);
• mechanical quern integrated into a refillable container (e.g. a refillable pepper mill);
• wrapping paper (sold separately);
• paper baking cases (sold empty);
• cake doilies sold without a cake; and
• radio frequency identification (RFID) tags.

• key targets in the Waste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive;
   
• an ex-post evaluation ("fitness check") of the waste stream Directives (including packaging, WEEE, batteries and end-of-life vehicles); and
   
• an assessment of how the problem of plastic waste can be better tackled.

• Scope
• Substance restrictions
• Exemptions
• Alignment of the Directive with the New Legislative Framework
• Terms and Definitions
• Review
• Transposition
• Comitology

• key targets in the Waste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive;
   
• an ex-post evaluation ("fitness check") of the waste stream Directives (including packaging, WEEE, batteries and end-of-life vehicles); and
   
• an assessment of how the problem of plastic waste can be better tackled.

• How can sustainable sourcing be managed?
• Is product design the most efficient way to promote resource efficiency?
• Would the extension of producer responsibility be an efficient way of incentivizing resource efficiency?
• What are the barriers to and drivers for new resource efficient business models?
• What is the role of the consumer? How can barriers to change in behaviour be overcome?
• Which instruments are most appropriate to help SMEs?