ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2021/Inf.5 04 March 2021 Economic Commission for Europe Food and Agriculture Organization Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry European Forestry Commission Joint ECE/FAO Working Party on Forest Statistics, Economics and Management Forty-second session Geneva, 22-24 March 2021 Item 4 of the provisional agenda Forests and the Circular Economy AGENDA ITEM 4 DRAFT Catalogue of wood waste classifications in the UNECE Region DRAFT 1 MARCH 2021 UNEDITED VERSION Disclaimer This document is a draft prepared by the joint UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, based on desk research and inputs from national experts. Member States are invited to review the content and to reflect on the latest state of regulations and practice in their countries. ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2021/Inf.5 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of tables ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 List of abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Background ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ...................................................................................................................................................... 8 The international context ....................................................................................................................................... 9 Global Classifications .......................................................................................................................................... 9 European Union Classifications ........................................................................................................................ 14 European Union Directives and Regulations .................................................................................................... 18 Sectoral classifications ...................................................................................................................................... 20 National classifications .......................................................................................................................................... 23 Albania .............................................................................................................................................................. 23 Andorra ............................................................................................................................................................. 24 Armenia ............................................................................................................................................................ 25 Austria............................................................................................................................................................... 26 Azerbaijan ......................................................................................................................................................... 30 Belarus .............................................................................................................................................................. 31 Belgium ............................................................................................................................................................. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina ................................................................................................................................... 33 Bulgaria ............................................................................................................................................................. 35 Canada .............................................................................................................................................................. 36 Croatia .............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Cyprus ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 CzechIa .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 Denmark ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 Estonia .............................................................................................................................................................. 42 Finland .............................................................................................................................................................. 43 France ............................................................................................................................................................... 45 Georgia ............................................................................................................................................................. 48 Germany ........................................................................................................................................................... 49 Greece............................................................................................................................................................... 52 Hungary ............................................................................................................................................................ 53 Iceland .............................................................................................................................................................. 54 Ireland ............................................................................................................................................................... 55 Israel ................................................................................................................................................................. 57 Italy ................................................................................................................................................................... 58 ECE/TIM/EFC/WP.2/2021/Inf.5 Kazakhstan ........................................................................................................................................................ 59 Kyrgyzstan ......................................................................................................................................................... 60 Latvia ................................................................................................................................................................ 61 Liechtenstein .................................................................................................................................................... 62 Lithuania ........................................................................................................................................................... 63 Luxembourg ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 Malta ................................................................................................................................................................. 66 Monaco ............................................................................................................................................................. 67 Montenegro ...................................................................................................................................................... 68 Netherlands ...................................................................................................................................................... 69 North Macedonia .............................................................................................................................................. 71 Norway ............................................................................................................................................................. 72 Poland ............................................................................................................................................................... 73 Portugal ............................................................................................................................................................ 75 Republic of Moldova ......................................................................................................................................... 76 Romania ............................................................................................................................................................ 77 Russian Federation ..........................................................................................................................................