- Books & Reports

• EC, Support to Member States in improving Waste Management Based on Assessment of Member States’ performance, European Commission Final Report, BIPRO, Belgium, 2013(a).
• EC, “The Opportunities to the Business of Improving Resource Efficiency”, European Commission Final Report, AMEC Environment & Infrastructure and Bio Intelligence Service, UK, 2013(b).
• European Commission Directorate-General Environment (ECDGE), Waste Prevention – Handbook: Guidelines on Waste Prevention Programmes, France, 2012.
• European Environment Agency, “The European Environment: State and Outlook 2015, Synthesis Report”, Copenhagen, 2015.
• EU, “Product Policy: Repair Instructions for a True Circular Economy”, Zero Waste Europe: Policy Briefing, 2019.
• EU, (2021). “Circular Economy Fact Sheet”, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union.
• Eurostat, “Municipal waste by waste management operations”, 2020, at: <https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ENV_WASMUN__custom_368357/bookmark/table?lang=en&bookmarkId=b14ecb70-e7b6-46ad-b426-a1a40727b861>.
• Illge, Lydia. “Integrated Product Policy: An Opportunity for Environmental and Economic Policy”, Economic Bulletin, January 2003.
• Rayfuse, Rosemary. “Principles of International Environmental Law Applicable to Waste Management”, in Katharina Kummer Peiry et al. (eds): Waste Management and the Green Economy: Law and Policy, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2016.

- Instruments

• Code de l'environnement du France, Dernière mise à jour des données de ce code : 09 juillet 2021.
• Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, Basel, (1989).
• Italia Decreto legislativo 3 aprile 2006, n. 152 Norme in Materia Ambientale, 2006.
• EC, Resolution of The Council of the European Union on a Community Strategy for Waste Management, 1997.
• EC, Communication on Towards a Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, COM (2003) 572 final, 2003(a).
• EC, Communication on Integrated Product Policy: Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking, COM (2003) 302 final, 2003(b).
• EC, Communication on Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources, COM (2005) 670 final, 2005(a).
• EC, Communication on Taking Sustainable Use of Resources Forward: A Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste, COM/2005/0666 final, 2005(b).
• EC, Communication on A Lead Market Initiative for Europe, COM (2007) 860 final, 2007.
• EC, Communication on The Raw Materials Initiative — Meeting our Critical Needs for Growth and Jobs in Europe, COM (2008) 699 final, 2008(a).
• EC, Communication on the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action Plan, COM (2008) 397 final, 2008(b).
• EC, Communication on A Resource-efficient Europe – Flagship Initiative under the Europe 2020 Strategy, COM (2011) 21, 2011(a).
• EC, Communication on Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, COM (2011) 571 final, 2011(b).
• EC, Communication on A strategic vision for European standards: Moving forward to Enhance and Accelerate the Sustainable Growth of the European Economy by 2020, COM (2011) 311 final, 2011(c).
• EC, Commission Staff Working Document Impact Assessment on Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2008/98/EC on waste […], SWD (2014) 207 final, 2014.
• EC, Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1371 of 10 August 2016 Establishing the Ecological Criteria for the Award of the EU Ecolabel for Personal, Notebook and Tablet Computers, (L 217/9), 2016.
• EC, Communication on the implementation of EU Waste Legislation for the Period 2010-2012, COM (2017) 88 final, 2017.
• EC, Report on the Implementation of EU Waste legislation, […] COM (2018) 656 final, 2018(a).
• EC, Communication on A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy, COM (2018) 28 final, Brussels, 2018(b).
• EC, Communication on The European Green Deal, COM (2019) 640 final, 2019.
• EC, Communication on A New Circular Economy Action Plan for a Cleaner and More Competitive Europe, COM (2020) 98, 2020(a).
• EC, Communication on Critical Raw Materials Resilience: Charting a Path towards greater Security and Sustainability, COM (2020) 474 final, 2020(b).

• EC, Communication on Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment, COM (2020) 667 final, 2020(c).
• EC, Communication on Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water, and Soil', COM (2021) 400 final, 2021.
• EU, Council Directive of 15 July 1975 on Waste, (75/442/ EEC), 1975.
• EU, Directive of 25 July 1985 on the Approximation of the Laws, Regulations and Administrative Provisions of the Member States Concerning Liability for Defective Products (85/374/EEC). 1985.
• EU, Directive 94/62/EC as regards the Consumption of Lightweight Plastic Carrier Bags, 1994(a).
• EU, Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on Packaging and Packaging Waste, 1994(b).
• EU, Directive 2000/53/EC of 18 September 2000 on End-of life Vehicles, 2000.
• EU, Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 of 19 March 2001 Allowing Voluntary Participation by Organisations in a Community Eco-management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), 2001(a).
• EU, Directive 2001/95/EC of 3 December 2001 on General Product Safety, 2001(b).
• EU, Directive 2006/12/EC of 5 April 2006 on Waste, 2006(a).
• EU, Directive 2006/66/EC of 6 September 2006 on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators, 2006(b).
• EU, Directive Concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). 2006(c).
• EU, Decision No 1982/2006/EC of 18 December 2006 concerning the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007-2013), 2006.
• EU, Directive 2008/98/EC on waste and Repealing Certain Directives, 2008(a).
• EU, Directive 2008/99/EC on the protection of the environment through criminal law, 2008 (b).
• EU, Directive 2008/1/EC Concerning Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, 2008(c).
• EU, Regulation No 1272/2008 of 16 December 2008 on Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures, 2008(d).
• EU, Annex II (2) to Commission Regulation (EC) No 244/2009 (non-directional household lamps) 2009.
• EU, Directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment, 2011.
• EU, Treaty on Functioning of European Union, 2012/C 326/01.
• EU, Regulation No 1025/2012 of 25 October 2012 on European Standardisation, amending Council Directives […], 2012.
• EU, Directive 2013/56/EU amending Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators […], 2013.
• EU, Annex I to the Commission Regulation (EU) No. 666/2013 of 8 July 2013 (vacuum cleaners), 2013.
• EU, Decision No 1386/2013/EU on a General Union Environment Action Programme: to 2020 Living Well, within the Limits of Our Planet (OJ L 354, 20.12.2013).
• EU, “General Union Environment Action Programme to 2020 Living Well, within the Limits of Our Planet”, Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2014(a).
• EU, Directive 2014/52/EU of 16 April 2014 amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the Assessment of the Effects of Certain Public and Private Projects on the Environment, 2014(b).
• EU, Directive 2018/852 amending Directive 94/62/EC on Packaging and Packaging Waste, 2018(a).
• EU, Directive 2018/851 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste, 2018(b).
• EU, Directive 2018/849 of 30 May 2018 amending Directives 2000/53/EC on End-of-life Vehicles, […], 2018(c).
• EU, Annex II (5) to the Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 Laying down Ecodesign Requirements for Household Dishwashers, 2019(a).
• EU, Regulation 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 Laying down Ecodesign Requirements for Electronic Displays, 2019(b).
• EU, Directive 2019/904 on the Reduction of the Impact of Certain Plastic Products on the Environment, 2019(c).
• EU, Regulation (EU) 2019/424 (servers and data storage products), 2019(d).
• EU, Motion for A European Parliament Resolution on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI), 2020.
• Finland Waste Act, No. 646/2011 with amendments up to 528/2014.
• Deutschland Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz (KrWG) 2012.
• France Programme National de Prévention des Déchets 2014-2020, Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement Durable et de l'Énergie, 2013.
• France Plan National de Gestion des Déchets, Ministère de la Transition Écologique et Solidaire, 2019.
• Deutschland Gesetz über die Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung (UVPG), 2129-20, 1990, 2020.
• Deutschland Gesetz über das Inverkehrbringen, die Rücknahme und die hochwertige Verwertung von Verpackungen (VerpackG2) 2021.