3The first, second, fourth, seventh and thirty-third recitals of Directive 94/62 state:‘Whereas the differing national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste should be harmonised in order, on the one hand, to prevent any impact thereof on the environment or to reduce such impact, thus providing a high level of environmental protection, and, on the other hand, to ensure the functioning of the internal market and to avoid obstacles to trade and distortion and restriction of competition within the [European] Community;Whereas the best means of preventing the creation of packaging waste is to reduce the overall volume of packaging;…Whereas the reduction of waste is essential for the sustainable growth specifically called for by the Treaty on European Union;…Whereas, in line with the Community strategy for waste management set out in Council resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy [(OJ 1990 C 122, p. 2)] and Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste [(OJ 1975 L 194, p. 39)], the management of packaging and packaging waste should include as a first priority, prevention of packaging waste and, as additional fundamental principles, reuse of packaging, recycling and other forms of recovering packaging waste and, hence, reduction of the final disposal of such waste;…Whereas Member States should, without prejudice to Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations [(OJ 1983 L 109, p. 8)], notify the [European] Commission of drafts of any measures they intend to adopt before adopting them, so that it can be established whether or not they comply with the Directive’.
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