Study to assess the implementation by the EU Member States of certain provisions of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste : final report

This Study to assess the implementation by EU Member States of certain provisions of Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, carried out for the European Commission's Directorate-General for Environment (DG Environment), investigates the situation in the 28 Member States of the European Union (EU) as regards the landfilling of untreated non-hazardous municipal solid waste. The study: - Examines the legal and operational implications of the ruling of the European Court of Justice in case C-323/13 (Malagrotta); - Reviews Member States' legal frameworks and their concrete application, including approaches for inspection, to verify if they are sufficient to ensure compliance with pre-treatment requirements; - Investigates compliance with pre-treatment requirements in 82 landfill sites across the 18 Member States with the highest landfilling rates1; - Proposes recommendations to improve the implementation of pre-treatment requirements. The study is mainly based on desk research, legal analysis and field visits to landfill sites. Input from DG Environment, Member States' national authorities and the EU Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) also informed the results.