Management system

1. The producer shall implement a management system suitable to demonstrate compliance with the criteria referred to in Article 3.

2. The management system shall include a set of documented procedures concerning each of the following aspects:

monitoring of the quality of glass cullet resulting from the recovery operation as set out in Section 1 of Annex I (including sampling and analysis);

acceptance control of waste used as input for the recovery operation as set out in Section 2 of Annex I;

monitoring of the treatment processes and techniques described in Section 3 of Annex I;

feedback from customers concerning compliance with glass cullet quality;

record keeping of the results of monitoring conducted under points (a) to (c);

review and improvement of the management system;

training of staff.

3. The management system shall also prescribe the specific monitoring requirements set out in Annexes I for each criterion.

4. A conformity assessment body, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) , which has obtained accreditation in accordance with that Regulation, or an environmental verifier, as defined in Article 2(20)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ) , which is accredited or licensed in accordance with that Regulation, shall verify that the management system complies with the requirements of this Article. The verification shall be carried out every three years. Only verifiers with the following scopes of accreditation or licence based on the NACE Codes as specified in Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ) are regarded to have sufficient specific experience to perform the verification mentioned in this Regulation:

* NACE Code 38 (Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; material recovery), or

* NACE Code 23.1 (Manufacture of glass and glass products).

5. The importer shall require his suppliers to implement a management system which complies with the requirements of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article and has been verified by an independent external verifier.

The management system of the supplier shall be certified by a conformity assessment body which is accredited by an accreditation body successfully peer evaluated for this activity by the body recognised in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008; or by an environmental verifier which is accredited or licensed by an accreditation or licensing body according to Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 which is also subject to peer evaluation according to Article 31 of that Regulation, respectively.

Verifiers who want to operate in third countries must obtain a specific accreditation or licence, in accordance with the specifications laid down in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 together with Commission Decision 2011/832/EU ( 5 ) .

6. The producer shall give competent authorities access to the management system upon request.

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1179/2012 of 10 December 2012 establishing criteria determining when glass cullet ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ANNEX I ANNEX II