14.12.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 321/19 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 22 November 1999 confirming the measures notified by the Netherlands 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(1999) 3818) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/823/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 Parlia- ment and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (), and in particular Article 6(6) thereof, Having verified, in cooperation with the Member States, that the conditions established in Article 6(6) are met, Whereas: I. PROCEDURE 1. Directive 94/62[EC Directive 94/62[EC, based on Article 95 (ex Article 100a) of the Treaty, aims to harmonise national meas- ures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste in order to prevent any impact thereof on the environment or to reduce such an impact, thus providing a high level of environmental protection, and to ensure the functioning of the internal market and to avoid obstacles to trade as well as distortions and restric- tions of competition within the Community, To this end, Article 6(1) of the Directive lays down, inter alia, () O] L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10. 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 compli- ance by other Member States with the Directive or repre- sent distortions of the internal market. Under that provision, the Commission is to confirm such measures after appropriate verification. 2. The measures notified The Netherlands transposed Directive 94/62/EC by means of a Regulation (hereafter ‘the Regulation’), published in the Staatscourant on 4 July 1997 and entered into force on 1 August 1997.