Council Directive 91/156/EEC of 18 March 1991 amending Directive 75/442/EEC on wasteOfficial Journal L 78, 26 March 1991, pp. 32-37 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 (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Par- liament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas Directive 75/442/EEC (4) 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 environmental protection; Whereas the Council undertook to amend Directive 75/442/EEC in its resolution of 7 May 1990 on waste policy (5); Whereas common terminology and a definition of waste are needed in order to improve the efficiency of waste manag...