I(Acts whose publication is obligatory)REGULATION (EC) No 2150/2002 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 25 November 2002on waste statistics(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity, and in particular Article 285 thereof,Having regard to the proposals from the Commission (1),Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and SocialCommittee (2),Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article251 of the Treaty (3),Whereas:(1) Regular Community statistics on the production andmanagement of waste from businesses and privatehouseholds are required by the Community formonitoring the implementation of waste policy. Thiscreates the basis for monitoring compliance with theprinciples of maximisation of recovery and safe disposal.Statistical instruments are still required, however, forassessing compliance with the principle of wasteprevention and to establish a link bet...