Secondary raw materials face a number of challenges in competing with primary raw materials for reasons not only related to their safety, but also to their performance, availability and cost. A number of actions foreseen in this Plan, notably introducing requirements for recycled content in products, will contribute to preventing a mismatch between supply and demand of secondary raw materials and ensure the smooth expansion of the recycling sector in the EU. Furthermore, to establish a well-functioning internal market for secondary raw materials the Commission will:

• assess the scope to develop further EU-wide end-of-waste criteria for certain waste streams based on monitoring Member States’ application of the revised rules on end-of-waste status and by-products, and support cross-border initiatives for cooperation to harmonise national end-of-waste and by-product criteria;
• enhance the role of standardisation based on the on-going assessment ofexisting standardisation work at national, European and international levels;
• make timely use of the restrictions on the use of substances of very high concern in articles for cases where the use of the substance is subject to an authorisation requirement, while continuing to improve enforcement at borders;
• assess the feasibility of establishing a market observatory for key secondary materials.

Source: European Commission

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