No L 78/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 3. 91 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 March 1991 amending Directive 75/442/EEC on waste (91/156/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 103s thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ("), Having regard to the opinion of the European. Par- liament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Directive - 75/442/EEC (*) established a set of Community rules on waste disposal ; whereas these must be amended to take account of experience gained in the implementation of this Directive by the Member States ; whereas the amendments take as a base a high level of envrionmental protection ; Whereas the Council undertook to amend Directive 75/442/EEC in its resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy () ; () OJ No C 295, 19. 11. 1988, p. 3 and OJ No C 326, 30. 12. 1989, p. 6. P N » (3 OJ No C 158, 26. 6. 1989, p. 232 and opinion delivered on 22 February 1991 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No C 56, 6. 3. 1989, p. 2. () OJ No L 194, 25. 7. 1975, p. 47. () OJ No C 122, 18. 5. 1990, p. 2. Whereas common terminology and a definition of waste are needed in order to improve the efficiency of waste management in the Community; \ i Whereas, in order to achieve a high level of environ- mental protection, the Memeber States must, in addition to taking action to ensure the responsible removal and recovery of waste, take measures to restrict the production of waste particularly by promoting clean technologies and products which can be recycled and re-used, taking into consideration existing or potential market opportunities for recovered waste ; Whereas, moreover, any disparity between Member States’ laws on waste disposal and recovery can affect the quality of the environment and interfere which the functioning of the internal market; Whereas it is desirable to encourage the recycling of waste and re-use of waste as raw materials ; whereas it may be necessary to adopt specific rules for re-usable waste ; Whereas it is important for the Community as a whole to become self-sufficient in waste disposal and it is desirable for Member States individually to aim at such self-suffici- ency; Whereas, in order to achieve the abovementioned objec- tives, waste management plans should be drawn up in the Member States ; Whereas movements of waste should be reduced and whereas Member States may take the necessary measures to that end in their management plans;