AMENDMENTS 14 - 119 - Draft opinion Amending Directive 2008/98/EC on waste

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(14) Based on the harmonised methodology set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, the first year for which data on food waste levels were collected was 2020. Therefore, the year 2020 should be used as a baseline for setting food waste reduction targets. For Member States, which can demonstrate that they performed food waste measurements before 2020, using methods consistent with Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, the use of an earlier baseline should be allowed. _________________ Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).

Amendement

(14) Based on the harmonised methodology set out in Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597, the first year for which data on food waste levels were collected was 2020. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, most activities were stopped or stalled and consequently establishments closed for several months. What is more, this is the Member States' first experience in this area, and therefore data on food waste levels collected in 2020 cannot be considered as representative and/or relevant. It would, therefore, be logical to apply data derived from the three-year average 2021-2022-2023 as a basis of reference. _________________ Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2019/1597 of 3 May 2019 supplementing Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards a common methodology and minimum quality requirements for the uniform measurement of levels of food waste (OJ L 248, 27.9.2019, p. 77).