The European Energy from Waste Market - Status and Perspectives

The legal framework for the European waste management constitutes the EU Waste Framework Directive (WFD). In addition, important regulations are anchored for the sector of waste treatment, such as the EU Waste Shipment Regulation, EU Directive on Packaging Waste, EU Landfill Directive, EU Waste Incineration Directive, and EU Combined Heat and Power Policy Directive.

In accordance with the Landfill Directive, the EU Member States have an obligation to prevent the production of methane gas from landfills, making therewith a contribution to climate protection. Therefore, the Directive requires a significant reduction in the deposition of organic waste. Based on the year 1995, the deposit of biodegradable municipal waste is to be reduced by the year 2006 by 25 per cent, by the year 2009 by 50 per cent, and by the year 2016 by 65 per cent. Moreover, a general pre-treatment regulation (ban on dumping of untreated municipal waste) is in force.

Since December 2005, the amendment of the EU Waste Framework Directive has been discussed and adopted in the year 2008 by a legislative resolution of the European Parliament. The revised version of the Waste Framework Directive has, inter alia, become necessary in order to clarify the definition of key terms, such as waste, recycling, and disposal, and to strengthen measures for waste recycling.

 

 

Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft
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Überblick über und Diskussion der Maßnahmen zum beschleunigten Ausbau der Wasserstoffinfrastruktur in Deutschland

Die innerstaatliche Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaschutzübereinkommens - ein Rechtsvergleich
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Like all public international law treaties, the Paris Climate Accords rely on national law for their implementation. The success of the agreement therefore depends, to a large extent, on the stepstaken or not taken by national governments and legislators as well as on the instruments and mechanisms chosen for this task. Against this background, the present article compares different approaches to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, using court decisions as a means to assess their (legal) effectiveness.

Klimaschutzrecht und Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energien in der Schweiz
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Verschachtelte Gesetzgebung unter politischer Ungewissheit

 

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