L 14/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 19.1.1999 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 December 1998 confirming the measures notified by Austria pursuant to Article 6(6) of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(1998) 3940) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/42/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste ("), and in particular Atrticle 6(6) thereof, Having consulted the committee set up by Directive 94/ 62/EC, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE 1. Directive 94/62/EC Directive 94/62/EC, based on Article 100a of the Treaty, aims to harmonise national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste in order to prevent any impact thereof on the environment or to reduce such impact, thus providing a high level of envir- onmental protection, and to ensure the functioning of the () OJ L 365, 31. 12. 1994, p. 10. internal market and to avoid obstacles to trade as well as distortions and restrictions of competition within the Community. To this end, Article 6(1) of the Directive lays down, inter alia, quantified targets to be achieved by Member States for recovery and recycling of packaging waste. Article 6(1)(a) establishes that, no later than 30 June 2001, between 50 % as a minimum and 65 % as a maximum by weight of the packaging waste will be recovered. Pursuant to Article 6(1)(b), within this general target, and within the same time limit, between 25 % as a minimum and 45 % as a maximum by weight of the totality of packaging materials contained in packaging waste will be recycled with a minimum of 15 % by weight for each packaging material. Article 6(6) introduces a monitoring procedure to ensure coherence between the different strategies chosen by Member States, particularly with a view to ensure that targets set in one Member State do not hinder compliance by other Member States with the Directive or represent distortions of the internal market. Under that provision, the Commission is to confirm such measures after appropriate verification.