(a)

it has a comprehensive waste management strategy or plan that covers its entire territory and shows its ability and readiness to ensure the environmentally sound management of waste. That strategy or plan shall include at least the following elements: the annual quantity of total waste generated in the country, as well as the annual quantity of waste covered by the scope of its request (‘waste concerned by the request’) generated in the country, and how those quantities are estimated to develop in the next 10 years; an estimation of the current treatment capacity for waste in general, as well as an estimation of the treatment capacity for the waste covered by the request, and how those capacities are estimated to develop in the following 10 years; the proportion of domestic waste that is separately collected, as well as any objectives and measures to increase that proportion in the future; an indication of the proportion of the domestic waste covered by the request which is landfilled, as well as any objectives and measures to decrease that proportion in the future; an indication of the proportion of the domestic waste which is recycled, and possible objectives and measures to increase that proportion in the future; information on the quantity of waste which is littered and on measures taken to prevent and clean up litter; a strategy on how to ensure the environmentally sound management of waste imported into its territory, including the possible impact of such import on the management of waste generated domestically; information on the methodology used to calculate the data referred to in points (i) to (vi);

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.