CASE-BY-CASE EOW DATABASE

At MS level, assessments of end-of-waste status are carried out when: 

• A MS establishes national detailed criteria regarding end-of-waste status for certain types of waste (WFD 2018, Article 6, paragraph 3); 
• A MS regulator decides on or assesses end-of-waste status of a material on a case-by-case basis, either through prior authorisation (e.g. permit) or verification afterwards (WFD 2018, Article 6, Paragraph 4)

In order to stimulate recycling markets, it is important to cut the red tape for high-quality waste-derived materials so that they enjoy the same internal market freedoms as primary raw materials.

The lack of information and uniformization felt for case-by-case end-of-waste is an obstacle to innovation and detrimental to exchange of best practices, particularly in those situations where no market is present at all and there are no technical standards to refer to.

This database is a strategic tool to promote the exchange of information and to guarantee uniformity of behaviour for the proper circulation of end-of-waste new products, as it helps permit writers, inspectors and operators to find information on end-ofwaste case-by-case decisions or resulting from self-assessment verification.

It is meant to answer to the following indication of the WFD 2018:

Article 6: “Member States may make information about case-by-case decisions and about the results of verification by competent authorities publicly available by electronic means”.

The access to the pieces of information gathered in the database could encourage uniformization across Member States and allow to identify common technical and environmental standards, making end-of-waste movements across the borders easier.

Public access is an added value with respect to transparency, availability of environmental data and building trust on new products derived from recycling of waste.