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Madam President, the honourable lady Member has submitted a series of questions. The first question is the extent to which there is a binding obligation for the Member States to collect waste by category.
The directive on hazardous waste bans the mixing of different categories of hazardous waste and the mixing of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Other legislative acts of the European Union relating to specific waste flows supplement this obligation regarding the separate collection of waste. In addition, the Member States can take additional measures in accordance with their national policies.
The second question is the extent to which the Commission considers that the practice, especially as regards collection, destruction and so on, is or is not successful. The Commission believes that more correct application of legislation is required without fail; we have major problems in the application of the legislation and it has undertaken to improve its application.
Consequently, the policy on waste constitutes a priority sector of environmental legislation and, of course, there are directives for various waste flows, such as the directive on lubricants, the directive on batteries, which is being debated, the directive on electrical and electronic waste, the directive on end-of-life vehicles and so on, which lay down specific separation and collection and destruction methods.
The lady Member also asked a very important question about heightening awareness; in other words, the extent to which heightening awareness and publicity help to deal with the problem. Of course they help, because publicity and maximum awareness-raising among citizens are important elements in finding optimum waste management solutions.
I should also like to say that the 'polluter pays' principle must be applied as a preventive measure in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity. In addition, it is the responsibility of the Member States to take the necessary measures to comply with Community legislation in the waste sector.
Then there was a question about funding. The European Union funds the combating of waste; this is, in fact, one of the priorities of the Cohesion Fund. This funding may be provided through the European Regional Development Fund and through the Cohesion Fund and of course it concerns the disadvantaged areas and less wealthy countries of the European Union, which are entitled to the corresponding funds in order to apply the
in the environmental sector. This aid is expected to total approximately EUR 2 billion in the period from 2000 to 2006.
There are, of course, various other sources of finance, such as LIFE, and a new LIFE+ is in the pipeline for various actions, such as raising citizens' awareness about environmental issues, especially waste."@en1
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