208 Amendments of Angelo CIOCCA related to 2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 95 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council underlined in its Conclusions of December 2020 38 , that the revision of Directive 94/62/EC should update and establish more concrete, effective and easy to implement provisions to facilitate sustainable packaging in the internal market and minimise the complexity of packaging in order to foster economically feasible solutions, to improve the reusability and recyclability as well as minimise substances of concern in packaging materials, especially concerning food packaging materials, and to provide for labelling packaging in an easily understandable way to inform consumers about its recyclability and where its waste should be discarded to facilitate sorting and recycling. At the same time, it noted the need to comply with hygiene and food safety standards; _________________ 38 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-13852-2020-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Parliament’s Resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan39 reiterated the objective of making all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and called on the Commission to present a legislative proposal including waste reduction measures and targets and ambitious essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reduce excessive packaging, including in e-commerce, improve recyclability and minimise the complexity of packaging, increase recycled content, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. Furthermore, it emphasised that food safety and hygiene standards should not be compromised; _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6
Recital 6
(6) Plastic packaging is the most carbon-intensive material and, in terms of fossil fuel use, recycling of plastic waste is approximately five-times better than incineration with energy recovery35 is a resource efficient material and produces less CO2 and waste compared to other packaging material. Just as the European Strategy for Plastics36 states, CEAP commits to increase uptake of recycled plastics and contribute to the more sustainable use of plastics. The Union budget and the system of own resources contribute to reducing pollution from plastic packaging waste37 . As of 1 January 2021, the Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union introduced a national contribution that is proportional to the quantity of plastic packaging waste that is not recycled in each Member State. This own resource is part of incentives to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics, foster recycling and boost the circular economy. _________________ 35 Amadei A., Ardente F., Garcia- Gutierrez P., Klenert D., Nessi S., Tonini D., Tosches D., Saveyn H.(2022), Environmental and economic assessment of plastic waste recycling, Mechanical, physical and chemical recycling technologies, publication pending. 36 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A European Strategy for Plastics in a Circular Economy COM(2018)28 final. 37 Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom COM (OJ L 424, 15.12.2020, p. 1).
Amendment 120 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees, while ensuring hygiene and food safety and acceptance by consumers. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging and ensuring acceptance by the consumer, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
Amendment 122 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) As design for recycling assessment in itself does not ensure that packaging is recycled in practice, it is necessary to establish a uniform methodology and criteria for assessing the recyclability of packaging in practice based on the state-of- the-art separate collection, sorting and recycling processes and infrastructure actually available in the Union. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories, preserving the added value passed on to the end consumer through packaging.
Amendment 133 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operatomanufacturers should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste calculated as an average per type of packaging placed per manufacturer.
Amendment 138 #
(31) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the rules on calculating and verifying, per unit of post- consumer plastic waste in packaging, the share of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste present and establishing the format for technical documentation, the Commission should be empowered to adopt implementing provisions, in accordance with Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 . _________________ 55 Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to inform end-users about reusability, availability of systems for re- use and location of collection points as regards reusable packaging, such packaging should bear a QR code or other data carrier that provides such information. The QR code should also facilitate tracking and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging should be clearly identified at the point of sale.
Amendment 160 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large- white goods and transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. The use ofIn accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, the restriction does not apply to single -use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be allowedthat provides a better overall environmental outcome justified by life-cycle thinking, as well as a better overall health and economic impact.
Amendment 180 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 70
Recital 70
(70) Achieving re-use and refill targets can be challenging for smaller economic operators. Therefore, certain economic operators should be exempted from the obligation to meet the packaging re-use targets if they place less than a certain volume of packaging on the market, or fulfil the definition of micro-company under Commission Recommendation 2003/36160 , or have the sales area, including all storage and dispatch areas, under a certain surface limit. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 2901 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to establish re-use and refill targets for other products, to lay down further exemptions for other economic operators or to exempt specific packaging formats covered by the reuse or refill targets in case of severe hygiene, food safety or environmental issues preventing the achievement of these targets. _________________ 60 Commission Recommendation of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (notified under document number C(2003) 1422) (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 107
Recital 107
(107) Member States which achieve 9065 % collection rate of the targeted packaging types without a deposit and return system two consecutive calendar years preceding the entry into force of this obligation, may request not to establish a deposit and return system.
Amendment 200 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 137
Recital 137
(137) It is necessary to provide for sufficient time for economic operators to comply with their obligations under this Regulation, and for Member States to set up the administrative infrastructure necessary for its application. The application of this Regulation should therefore also be deferred to a date where those preparations can reasonably be finalised. Particular attention should be paid to facilitate compliance by micro and SMEs with their obligations and requirements under this Regulation, including through guidance and adequate support to be provided by the Commission and Member States to facilitate compliance by economic operators, with a focus on SMEmicro and SMEs and on those sectors which will be highly impacted by the new obligations.
Amendment 211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point a
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point b
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c
Amendment 214 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
(f) tea orcompostable coffee bags and system single-serve units or tea bags necessary to contain a tea or coffeecoffee or tea product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
Amendment 229 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) The Council underlined in its Conclusions of December 202038, that the revision of Directive 94/62/EC should update and establish more concrete, effective and easy to implement provisions to facilitate sustainable packaging in the internal market and minimise the complexity of packaging in order to foster economically feasible solutions, to improve the reusability and recyclability as well as minimise substances of concern in packaging materials, especially concerning food packaging materials, and to provide for labelling packaging in an easily understandable way to inform consumers about its recyclability and where its waste should be discarded to facilitate sorting and recycling. At the same time it noted that hygiene and food safety standards have to be respected. _________________ 38 https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/docu ment/ST-13852-2020-INIT/en/pdf
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 31
(31) ‘design for recycling’ means design of packaging, including individual components of packaging, in order to ensure its recyclability with state-of-the- artthe best available or latest innovative collection, sorting and recycling processes;
Amendment 232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The European Parliament’s Resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan39reiterated the objective of making all packaging reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030 and called on the Commission to present a legislative proposal including waste reduction measures and targets and ambitious essential requirements in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive to reduce excessive packaging, including in e-commerce, improve recyclability and minimise the complexity of packaging, increase recycled content, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. In addition, it stressed that food safety or hygiene standards must not be compromised. _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
Amendment 237 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) ‘recycled at scale’ means collected, sorted and recycled through installed state- of-the-art infrastructure and processes, covering at least 75 % of the Union population at industrial scale, provided separate collection is in place, including packaging waste exported from the Union that meets the requirements of Article 47(5);
Amendment 240 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) An item, which is an integral part of a product and is necessary to contain, support or preserve that product throughout its lifetime and where all elements are intended to be used, consumed or disposed of together, should not be considered as being packaging given that its functionality is intrinsically linked to it being part of the product. However, in light of the disposal behaviour of consumers regarding tea and coffee bags as well as coffee or tea system single-serve units, which in practice are disposed of together with the product residue leading to the contamination of compostable and recycling streams, those specific items should be treated as packaging. This is in line with the objective to increase the separate collection of bio-waste, as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council41. Furthermore, to ensure coherence regarding end-of-life financial and operational obligations, also all coffee or tea system single-serve units necessary to contain coffee or tea should be treated as packaging. _________________ 41 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3).
Amendment 247 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In line with the waste hierarchy set out in Article 4(21) of Directive 2008/98/EC, and with the requirement set in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the same Directive, which foresees that specific waste streams may depart from the hierarchy where this is in line with life- cycle thinking to deliver the best overall environmental outcome, the measures provided for under this Regulation aim at reducing the amount of packaging placed on the market in terms of its volume and weight, and preventing the generation of packaging waste, especially through packaging minimisation, avoiding packaging where it is not needed, and increased re-use of packagingand recycling of packaging while delivering the best environmental outcome. In addition, the measures aim at increasing the use of recycled content in packaging, especially in plastic packaging where the uptake of recycled content is very low, as well as higher recycling rates for all packaging and high quality of the resulting secondary raw materials while reducing other forms of recovery and final disposal.
Amendment 248 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
(38) ‘secondary raw materials’ means materials that have been obtained through recycling processes and can substitute primary raw materials in applications typical for that material;
Amendment 253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 264 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
From 1 January 2030, and by way of derogation from paragraphs 2 and 3, innovative packaging may be placed on the market for a maximum period of 5 years after the end of the calendar year when it has been placed on the market.
Amendment 265 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4
Amendment 267 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 3
Amendment 273 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 274 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 20340, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging, calculated based on the average of all plastic packaging placed on the market by each company:
Amendment 279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5) shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present taking into consideration legacy substances and foreseeing a 5-year waiver for them, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
Amendment 290 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Designing packaging with the objective of its recycling, once it becomes packaging waste, is one the most efficient measures to improve the packaging circularity and raise packaging recycling rates and the use of recycled content in packaging, while ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance. Packaging design for recycling criteria have been established for a number of packaging formats under voluntary industry schemes or by some Member States for the purpose of the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees. In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and provide industry with a level playing field, and with the objective to promote the sustainability of packaging ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, it is important to set mandatory requirements regarding the recyclability of packaging, by harmonising the criteria and the methodology for assessing packaging recyclability based on a design for recycling methodology at the Union level. In order to meet the objective set out in the CEAP that, by 2030, all packaging should be recyclable or reusable, in an economically viable manner, packaging recyclability performance grades should be established based on design for recycling criteria for packaging categories as listed in Annex II. However, packaging should comply with them only as of 1 January 2030 in order to give sufficient time to the economic operators to adapt.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primary raw materials of the packaging in applications typical for that material;
Amendment 295 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging, calculated based on the average of all plastic packaging placed on the market by each company:
Amendment 299 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) As design for recycling assessment in itself does not ensure that packaging is recycled in practice, it is necessary to establish a uniform methodology and criteria for assessing the recyclability of packaging in practice based on the state-of- the-art separate collection, sorting and recycling processes and infrastructure actually available in the Union. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories. , preserving the added value conveyed to the final consumer with the packaging.
Amendment 301 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Point (a) shall apply from 1 January 2030 and points (b), (c), (d), (e) shall apply from 1 January 2035.
Amendment 306 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 22
Recital 22
(22) In order to establish harmonised rules on packaging design to ensure its recyclability while ensuring packaging performs all its functions and ensuring marketing and consumer acceptance, the power to adopt delegated acts should be delegated to the Commission to set out detailed criteria for packaging design for recycling per packaging materials and categories, as well as for the assessment of the packaging recyclability at scale including for categories of packaging not listed in this Regulation. In order to give economic operators and Member States sufficient time to collect and report the necessary data to establish the “at scale” recycling methodology, the manufacturers should ensure that packaging is recycled at scale as of 2035. That should ensure that packaging complies with the design for recycling criteria, and is also recycled in practice on the basis of the state of the art processes for separate collection, sorting and recycling.
Amendment 313 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 23
Recital 23
(23) In order to stimulate innovation in packaging, it is appropriate to allow that packaging, which presents innovative features resulting in significant improvement in the core function of packaging and has demonstrable environmental benefits, is given limited additional time of five years to comply withexempt from the recyclability requirements. The innovative features should be explained in the technical documentation accompanying the packaging.
Amendment 316 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect human and animal health and safety, due to the nature of the packaged products and the related requirements, it is appropriate that the recyclability requirements should not apply to immediate packaging as defined in Article 1 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council50and in Article 4(25) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council51, which are in direct contact with the medicinal product, as well as contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council52andof in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council53.These exemptions should apply until 1 January 2035and contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. _________________ 50 Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use (OJ L 311, 28.11.2001, p. 67). 51 Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (OJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43). 52 Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1). 53 Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation]2030, packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities.
Amendment 332 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 28
Recital 28
(28) In order to ensure a high level of human and animal health protection in accordance with requirements in Union legislation and to avoid any risk to the security of supply and to the safety of medicines and medical devices safety, it is appropriate to provide for the exclusion from the obligation of a minimum recycled content in plastic packaging for immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point 23, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 25, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, as well as for contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745 and for contact sensitive packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746 and of contact sensitive packaging for foods covered by Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 and Regulation (EU) No 609/2013. This exclusion should also apply to outer packaging of human and veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 1, point 24, of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 26, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 in cases where it has to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product.
Amendment 336 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 29
Recital 29
(29) In order to prevent barriers to the internal market and ensure the efficient implementation of the obligations, economic operators should ensure that the plastic part of each unit of packaging contains a certain minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post- consumer plastic waste calculated as an average of the plastic packaging placed by a producer on the Union market. This provision should not apply to food or feed contact plastic packaging in those cases when the recycled content risks affecting human and animal health and/or compromising the organoleptic characteristics of products.
Amendment 350 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. Packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) The bio-waste waste stream is oftencould be contaminated with conventional plastics and the material recycling streams are oftencould be contaminated with compostable plastics. This cross-contamination could leads to waste of traditional and compostable resources, lower quality secondary raw materials and should be prevented at source. As the proper disposal route for compostable plastic packaging is becoming increasingly confusing for consumers, it is justified andTherefore, it is necessary to lay down clear and common rules on the use of compostableand disposal of plastic packaging, mandating it only when its use brings a clear benefit for the environment or for human health. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or dispose of bio-wastelabeled as compostable, including the possibility to mandating applications. This is particularly the case when the use of compostable packaging helps collect or recycle of bio-waste. All plastic packaging labeled as compostable shouldn’t go into material recycling.
Amendment 373 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 36
Recital 36
(36) For limited packaging applications made of biodegradable plastic polymers, there is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packagingThere is a demonstrable environmental benefit of using compostable packaging for specific packaging applications (e.g., those strictly linked to food and food waste), which enters composting plants, including anaerobic digestion facilities under controlled conditions. Furthermore, where appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructures are available in a Member State as required by Article 22 of Directive 2008/98, there should be a limited flexibility in deciding whether to mandate the use of compostable plastics for lightweight plastic carrier bags on its territory. In order to avoid consumer confusion about the correct disposal and considering the environmental benefit of circularity of the carbon, all other plastic packaging not labeled as compostable should go into material recycling and the design of such packaging should ensure that it does not affect the recyclability of other waste streams.
Amendment 377 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 37
Recital 37
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 38
Recital 38
(38) In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on compostable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for compostable packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council56for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and take into account, in line with the latest scientific and technological developments, the parameters, including compostquality of the output, proper processingtimes and admissible levels of contamination, which reflect the actual conditions in bio- waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes. _________________ 56 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council Text with EEA relevance (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
Amendment 385 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 39
Recital 39
Amendment 388 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 40
Recital 40
(40) Packaging should be designed, where relevant for a given shape, so as to minimise its volume and weight while maintaining its ability to perform the packaging functions, including those referred to in Article 3 (1). The manufacturer of packaging should assess the packaging against the performance criteria, as listed in Annex IV of this Regulation. In view of the objective of this Regulation to reduce packaging and packaging waste generation and to improve circularity of packaging across the internal market, it is appropriate to further specify the existing criteria and to make them more stringent. The list of the packaging performance criteria, as listed in the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200057, should therefore be modified. While marketing and consumer acceptance remain relevant for packaging designpresentation,design and differentiation functionality, they should not be part ofthe mainperformance criteria justifying on their own additional packaging weight and volume. However, this should not compromise product or packagingspecifications for craft and industrial products and food , beveragesand agricultural products that are registered aundprotected under theEU geographical indication protection schemeer or otherwiseprotected by Union intellectual property law orEU geographical indication protection schemes, including third country geographical indication/products that have been given distinctive recognition by the Union, as part of the Union’s objective to protect intellectual property,cultural heritage and traditional know- how.Traditional packaging associated with products that have been given distinctive recognition or are subject to geographical indications of origin protection shall nevertheless look to reduce packaging weight to the lowest weight possible whilst protecting the shape of the packaging in line with the overall ambitions of this proposal. On the other hand, recyclability, the use of recycled content, and re-use may justify additional packaging weight or volume, and should be added to the performance criteria. Packaging with double walls, false bottoms and other characteristics only aimed to increase the perceived product volume should not be placed on the market, as it does not meet the requirement for packaging minimisation. The same rule should apply to superfluous packaging not necessary for ensuring packaging functionality. _________________ 57 Packaging – Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition – Prevention by source reduction.
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 44
Recital 44
(44) It is necessary to inform consumers and to enable them to appropriately dispose of packaging waste, including compostable lightweight and very lightweight plastic carrier bags. The most appropriate manner to do this is to establish a harmonised labelling system based on the material composition of packaging for sorting of waste, and to pair it with corresponding labels on waste receptacles. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro- enterprises and SMEs.
Amendment 415 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 416 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 47
Recital 47
(47) In order to inform end-users about reusability, availability of systems for re- use and location of collection points as regards reusable packaging, such packaging should bear a QR code or other data carrier that provides such information. The QR code should also facilitate tracking and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging should be clearly identified at the point of sale. To this end, the Commission and the Member States should provide incentives, including economic ones, especially to micro-enterprises and SMEs.
Amendment 425 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 435 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 61
Recital 61
Amendment 450 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 460 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 67
Recital 67
(67) In order to reduce the increasing proportion of packaging that is single use and the growing amounts of packaging waste generated, it is necessary to establish quantitative re-use and refill targets on packaging in sectors, which have been assessed as having the greatest potential for packaging waste reduction, namely food and beverages for take-away, large- white goods and some transport packaging. This was appraised based on factors such as existing systems for re-use, necessity of using packaging and the possibility of fulfilling the functional requirements in terms of containment, tidiness, health, hygiene and safety. Differences of the products and their production and distribution systems, were also taken into account. The setting of the targets is expected to support the innovation and increase the proportion of re-use and refill solutions. The use ofIn accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, restriction shall not apply for single -use packaging for food and beverages filled and consumed within the premises in the HORECA sector should not be alloweddelivering a better overall environmental outcome justified by life cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and health impact.
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 461 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
From [OP: Please insert the date = 42 months after the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging shall be marked with a label containing information on its material composition according to the Decision 97/129/CE. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging. However, it applies to e-commerce packaging.
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 68
Recital 68
(68) To increase their effectiveness and ensure the equal treatment of economic operators, the re-use and refill targets should be placed on the economic operators. In cases of targets for beverages, they should be additionally placed also on the manufacturers, as these actors are able to control the packaging formats used for the products they offer and decide based on thorough consideration of logistics, environmental, technical, industrial and consumer criteria. The targets should be calculated as a percentage of sales in reusable packaging within a system for re- use or through refill or, in case of transport packaging, as a percentage of uses. The targets should be material neutral. A detailed assessment should be carried out to ensure that reuse targets can be implemented in a safe, economically viable and environmentally sustainable way that would bring tangible benefits compared to recyclable alternatives. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of targets for re-use and refill, the power to adopt an implementing act in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty on the methodology for their calculation, should be delegated to the Commission.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2
Amendment 473 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability and a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging, or alternatively, it can be shown in the transport documents accompanying the goods, or on other external supports, even digital.
Amendment 480 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 484 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 78
Recital 78
(78) In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of the recourse to common technical specifications, the power to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to lay down, amend or repeal common technical specifications for the requirements on sustainability, labelling and systems for re- use, and to adopt test, measurement or calculation methods. That should be limited to those cases where technical standardization is unable to provide a concrete response to the purposes of this Regulation.
Amendment 485 #
Amendment 488 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 7
Article 11 – paragraph 7
7. Without prejudice to requirements concerning other harmonised EU labels, economic operators shall not provide or display labels, marks, symbols or inscriptions that are likely to mislead or confuse consumers or other end users with respect to the sustainability requirements for packaging, other packaging characteristics or packaging waste management options, for which harmonised labelling has been laid down in this Regulation. Labelling under this Article and Article 12 shall not impair recyclability.
Amendment 490 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Packaging included in an extended producer responsibility scheme or covered by a deposit and return system other than that referred to in Article 44(1) may be identified by means of a corresponding symbol throughout the territory in which that scheme or system applies. That symbol shall be clear and unambiguous and shall not mislead consumers or users as to the recyclability or reusability of the packaging. All labelling requirements under this article should not lead to disproportionate bureaucratic and economic burdens, especially for micro and SMEs.
Amendment 494 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91
Recital 91
(91) To achieve an ambitious and sustained reduction in the overall packaging waste generation, targets should be laid down for the reduction of packaging waste per capita to be achieved by 2030. Meeting a target of 5 % reduction in 2030 compared to 2018 should entail an overall absolute reduction of approximately 19 % on average acmaterial (plastics, wood, ferrosus the Union in 2030 compared to the 2030 baseline. Member States should reduce packaging waste generation by 10 %, compared to 2018, by 2035; this is estimated to reduce packaging waste by 29 % compared to the 2030 baseline. In order to ensure that the reduction efforts continue beyond 2030, a reduction target of 10 % from 2018, which would mean a reduction of 29 % compared to baseline, should be set for 2035 and, for 2040, a reduction target of 15 % from 2018, which means a reduction of 37 % compared to baseline should be establishedmetals, aluminium, glass and paper and cardboard) per capita to be achieved by 2040.
Amendment 502 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 503 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 91 a (new)
Recital 91 a (new)
(91a) Waste prevention through reduction at source by material should be a key guiding principle, as per the existing harmonised standard EN 13428:200030, whereby the substitution of one packaging material by another is not a basis for source reduction.
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 98
Recital 98
(98) Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council66lays down rules on the traceability of traders, which more specifically contain obligations for providers of online platforms allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers offering packaging to consumers located in the Union. In order to prevent free-riding from the extended producer responsibility obligations, it should be specified how such providers of online platforms should fulfil those obligations with regard to the registers of packaging producers established pursuant to this Regulation. In that context, providers of online platforms, falling within the scope of Section 4 of Chapter 3 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, allowing consumers to conclude distance contracts with producers should obtain from those producers information about their compliance with the extended producer responsibility rules set out in this Regulation. The rules on traceability of traders selling packaging online are subject to the enforcement rules set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/2065. As it can be difficult to supervise the concrete application of the obligations of the Regulation in the case of distance selling, particular attention should be paid to tools and control methods that ensure the proper implementation of the provisions. _________________ 66 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act) (OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1).
Amendment 516 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15
Article 26 – paragraph 15
15. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in paragraphs 2 to 6 if, during a calendar year, they have a sales area of not more than 100 m2, including also all storage and dispatch areas, and if it is not technically feasible to use reusable packaging or to obtain access to the necessary infrastructure for the operation of a re-use system.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets set out in this Article if this is justified by concerns relating to public health, hygiene and food safety, product integrity or environmental issues.
Amendment 529 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 103
Recital 103
(103) Deposit and return systems should be obligatory for single use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage containers. Member States might also decide to include other packaging in these systems, in particular single use glass bottles, and should ensure that deposit and return systems for single-use packaging formats, in particular for single use glass beverage bottles, are equally available for reusable packaging, where technically and economically feasible. They should consider establishing deposit and return systems also for reusable packaging. In such situations, a Member State should be allowed, while observing the general rules laid down in the Treaty and complying with the provisions set out in this Regulation, adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum requirements set out in this Regulation.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 b (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 b (new)
15b. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets set out in this Article if, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Directive 2008/98/EC, they can demonstrate that alternative packaging formats provide a better overall environmental outcome justified by life-cycle thinking, and a better economic and overall human health impact.
Amendment 535 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point a
Amendment 536 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Amendment 540 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 17 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Packaging required to guarantee one or more of the following conditions shall be excluded from the framework of this article: (a) the wholesomeness and hygiene of products (b) the health safety of consumers (c) food safety (d) cases where the packaging itself is part of the production process (e) prevention of food waste (f) protection of the environment and, in particular, water and the efficient use of energy resources and raw materials.
Amendment 551 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 1
Article 26 – paragraph 1
1. From 1 January 2030, economic operators making large household appliances listed in point 2 of Annex II to Directive 2012/19/EU available on the market for the first time within the territory of a Member State shall ensure that 940 % of those products are made available in reusable transport packaging within a system for re-use.
Amendment 558 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 568 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 2 – point b
Amendment 570 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 141 a (new)
Recital 141 a (new)
(141a) For the sake of clarity for food business operators, the nomenclature codes referred to food categories mentioned in Article 26 and Article 44 are taken from the Combined Nomenclature as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/871 and as set out in Annex I thereto, which are valid at the time of publication of this Regulation and mutatis mutandis as amended by subsequent legislation.
Amendment 572 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 575 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 44 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) the rate of separate collection as required under Article 43(3) and (4) of the respective packaging format as reported to the Commission under Article 50(1) point (c) is above 9065 % by weight of such packaging placed on the market on the territory of that Member State in the calendar years 2026 and 2027. Where such reporting has not yet been submitted to the Commission, the Member State shall provide a reasoned justification, based on validated national data, and description of the implemented measures, that the conditions for the exemption set out in this paragraph are fulfilled;
Amendment 580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point a
Amendment 583 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation applies to all packaging, with the exception of packaging approved for the transport of dangerous goods regardless of the material used, and to all packaging waste, whether such waste is used in or originates from industry, other manufacturing, retail or distribution, offices, services or households.
Amendment 587 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 3 – point b
Amendment 588 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Regulation applies without prejudice to Union regulatory requirements for packaging such as those regarding safety, quality, the protection of health and the hygiene of the packed products, or to transport requirements, as well as without prejudice to the provisions of the Directive 2008/98/EC as regards the management of hazardous waste and as regards the requirements provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC.
Amendment 591 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 6
Annex I – paragraph 6
Flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time, unless, based on a declaration from the manufacturer, they are essential to the very life of the plant
Amendment 593 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 596 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 15
Annex I – paragraph 15
Flower pots intended to stay with the plant throughout its life timeor containers for transplanting that are an integral part of the production or sales process for the plant
Amendment 598 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point a
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 4 – point b
Amendment 604 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point f
(f) permeable tea or coffee bagsingle- serve units necessary to contain a tea or coffee product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex IV – Part II a (new)
Annex IV – Part II a (new)
IIa Part III – Design criteria 1. Design elements required to indicate geographical origin or to distinguish different products, for example distinguishing beverages in glass bottles such as wine from other products; 2. Acceptance by the consumer
Amendment 609 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point a
Amendment 615 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 5 – point b
Amendment 616 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point g
(g) coffee or tea systemprotective beverage single-serve unit necessary to contain a coffee or tea product and intended to be used and disposed of together with the product;
Amendment 620 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 627 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point a
Amendment 629 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 6 – point b
Amendment 632 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V
Annex V
Amendment 634 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) 'plastic packaging' means packaging consisting of plastics as the predominant material.
Amendment 635 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – introductory part
7. Economic operators using transport packaging in the form of pallets, plastic crates, foldable plastic boxes, pails and drumscrates, boxes, for the conveyance or packaging of products in conditions other than provided for under paragraphs 12 and 13 shall ensure that:
Amendment 637 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point a
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19
(19) ‘composite packaging’ means a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials, excluding materials used for labels, closures and sealing, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integraloatings, linings, paints, inks, adhesives, closures and sealing which are considered as part of the weight of the main packaging material, which cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless a given material constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in no case more than 15% of the total mass of the packaging unit;
Amendment 644 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 645 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point a
Amendment 649 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 657 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point a
Amendment 660 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Amendment 669 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Economic operators using grouped packaging in the form of boxes, excluding cardboard, used outside of sales packaging to group a certain number of products to create a stock-keeping or distribution unit shall ensure that:
Amendment 672 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point a
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point a
Amendment 678 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 688 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 12 – subparagraph 2
This obligation applies to pallets, boxes, excluding cardboard, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, drums and canisters, of all sizes and materials, including flexible formats. Products following under the scope of infant formula and follow-on formula products, processed cereal-based food and baby food, and food for special medical purposes as defined in Article 1, point (a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EU) 609/2013 shall be exempted from the targets foreseen in paragraph 6 of this Article.
Amendment 695 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32
(32) ‘recycled at scale’ means collected, sorted and recycled through installed state-of-the-art infrastructure and processes, covering at least 75 % of the Union populationthe existence of a clear pathway, including the development of sufficient capacity for the collected packaging waste to be directed towards defined and recognised waste streams through established industrial processes for reprocessing, including packaging waste exported from the Union that meets the requirements of Article 47(5);
Amendment 702 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 32 a (new)
(32a) 'high quality recycling’ means any recovery operation, as defined in Article 3, point (17), of Directive 2008/98/EC, that ensures that the distinct quality of the collected and sorted waste is preserved or recovered during that recovery operation, so that the resulting recycled materials are of sufficient quality to substitute primary raw materials with minimal loss of quantity, quality or function;
Amendment 716 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 34
(34) ‘integrated component’ means a packaging component that may be distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, and may be of a different material, but is integral to the packaging unit and its functioning and does not need to be separated from the main packaging unit in order to consume the product and is typically discarded at the same time as the packaging unit, although not necessarily in the same disposal route;is recommended to be disposed together with the main body of the packaging.
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 35
(35) ‘separate component’ means a packaging component that is distinct from the main body of the packaging unit, which may be of a different material, that needs to becan be manually disassembled completely and permanently from the main packaging unit in order to access the product, and that is typically discarded prior to anbody of the packaging by the end consumer, and that is recommended to be disposed separately from the main body of the packaging unit;
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15
Article 26 – paragraph 15
15. Economic operators shall be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in paragraphs 2 to 6 if, during a calendar year, they have a sales area of not more than 1300 m2, including also all storage and dispatch areas.
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Economic operators will be exempted from the obligation to meet the targets in subparagraphs 1-13 provided that the packaging material used, as defined in Annex II: (a) achieves a minimum EU-wide recycling rate of 85% by 2030, as calculated in Article 47; (b) achieves a minimum 90% recycling rate at the EU level by 2040, as calculated in Article 47; (c) is recycled on a large scale, as calculated in Article 6(6).
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 38
Amendment 741 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new)
(39a) “recycled content in plastic packaging” is the amount of material contained in the packaging obtained from any recycling process of pre-consumer and post-consumer waste, whether to be recycled mechanically, physically or chemically.
Amendment 746 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 39 b (new)
(39b) 'pre-consumer plastic waste' means plastic waste that is generated from production and converting of plastic material.
Amendment 783 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 2
Article 3 – paragraph 2
The definitions of ‘substance of concern’ and ‘data carrier’ laid down in Article [2 points (28) and (30)] of Regulation [Ecodesign for sustainable products] shall apply;
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Article 4 – paragraph 5
Amendment 812 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Any additional Member State information and labelling requirements that go beyond the requirements of this Regulation shall not be considered as mandatory but used on a voluntary basis.
Amendment 816 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be so manufactured that the presence and concentration of substances of concernthat meet the criteria in Article 57 and identified in accordance with Article 59(1) in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight (w/w) as laid down the Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, as constituents of the packaging material or of any of the packaging components is minimised, including with regard to their presence in emissions and any outcomes of waste management, such as secondary raw materials, ashes or other material for final disposal.
Amendment 819 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 58 – paragraph 2
Article 58 – paragraph 2
2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 5(5), Article 6(4), Article 6(6), Article 7(9), Article 7(10), Article 7(11), Article 8(5), Article 22(4), Article 26(16) and Article 57(3) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of ten years from date of entry into force of this Regulation. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power no later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension no later than 3 months before the end of each period.
Amendment 821 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. Without prejudice toOther than the substances criteria laid down in Article 5(1), shall be applied the restrictions on chemicals set out in Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 or, where applicable, to the restrictions and specific measures on food contact packaging in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, the sum of concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium resulting from substances present in packaging or packaging components shall not exceed 100 mg/kg.
Amendment 825 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex I – paragraph 12
Annex I – paragraph 12
Beverage system capsules (e.g. coffee, cacao, milk) intended to be disposed empty after use;
Amendment 835 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V
Annex V
Amendment 843 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 4
Article 5 – paragraph 4
4. Recyclability requirements established in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 6(5)by CEN - European Committee for Standardization shall not restrict the presence of substances in packaging or packaging components for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety. They shall address, as appropriate, substances of concern that negatively affect the re-use and recycling of materials in the packaging in which they are present, and shall, as appropriate, identify the specific substances concerned and their associated criteria and limitations.
Amendment 867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 1
1. All packaging shall be recyclable from 1 January 2030.
Amendment 875 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) it is designed for recycling or, for compostable packaging, is compliant with point a), b) and c) of Annex III;
Amendment 894 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point d
(d) except for compostable plastics, it can be recycled so that the resulting secondary raw materials are of sufficient quality to substitute the primarya raw materials;
Amendment 910 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Points (a) to (d) shall apply from 1 January 2030 and point (e) shall apply from 1 January 2035.
Amendment 934 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Recyclable packaging shall, from 1 January 2030, comply with the design for recycling criteria as laid down in the delegated actsCEN standards, where applicable, adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 and, from 1 January 2035, also with the recyclability at scale requirements laid down in the delegated actCEN standards adopted pursuant to paragraph 6. Where such packaging complies with those delegated actstandards, it shall be considered to comply with paragraph 2, points (a) and (e).
Amendment 953 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 974 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts, in close cooperation with stakeholders, in accordance with Article 58 to amend Table 1 of Annex in order to adapt it to scientific and technical development in material and product design, collection, sorting and recycling infrastructure.
Amendment 1027 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 7 – point b
(b) detailed design for recycling criteria including material specific requirements on the quality of recycling, where and when needed, for each packaging formaterial and category listed in Table 1 of Annex II;
Amendment 1052 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Article 6 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2
Where use is made of this derogation, innovative packaging shall be accompanied by technical documentation, referred to in Annex VII, demonstrating its innovative nature and showing compliance with the definition in Article 3(347) of this Regulation.
Amendment 1057 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – introductory part
10. Until 31 December 2034, tThis Article shall not apply to the following:
Amendment 1062 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point b
(b) contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/745;
Amendment 1065 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
Article 6 – paragraph 10 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746.
Amendment 1074 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. outer packaging as defined in Article 1, point (24), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point (26), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, in cases where such packaging is necessary to comply with specific requirements to preserve the quality of the medicinal product. Should the adoption of the delegated acts referred to in paragraphs 4 and 6 of this Article be delayed, a presumption of compliance with the points a) and e) of paragraph 2 shall apply to all packaging placed on the Union market until such delegated acts are adopted.
Amendment 1112 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. From 1 January 2030, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
Amendment 1116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) 30 % for contact sensitive plastic packaging made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) as the major component;
Amendment 1146 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
Amendment 1175 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – introductory part
2. From 1 January 2040, the plastic part in packaging shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from pre-consumer or post- consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging:
Amendment 1187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Targets per material shall be calculated as a percentage of the total number of units placed by a producer on the internal market.
Amendment 1198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
Article 7 – paragraph 3 – point c
(c) contact sensitive plastic packaging of in vitro diagnostics medical devices covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/746;
Amendment 1213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to compostable plastic packaging. as well as to inks, adhesives, varnishes and coatings used on packaging. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
Amendment 1230 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation, compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
Amendment 1232 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to innovative packaging as defined at article 3 para 37.
Amendment 1240 #
6. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be modulated based on the percentage of recycled content used in the packagingtaking into account the cost of packaging waste management and the revenues from sales of secondary materials.
Amendment 1246 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 7
Article 7 – paragraph 7
7. By 31 December 2026, the Commission is empowered to adopt implementing acts establishing the methodology for the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of plastic packaging, and the format for the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3). The implementing acts can specify that calculation of recycled content from packaging covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food is only included in the calculation of recycled content if the packaging application is also covered by Regulation No 1935/2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.
Amendment 1287 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 1
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall assess the need for derogations from the minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, or for the revision of the derogation established under paragraph 3 for specific plastic packaging.
Amendment 1309 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point a
(a) provide for derogations from the scope, timing or level of minimum percentage laid down in paragraph 1, points b and d, for specific plastic packaging, and, as appropriate,
Amendment 1312 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 9 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Amendment 1347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
1. By 2030 [OP: please insert the date = 24 months from the entry into force of this Regulation], packaging referred to in Article 3(1), points (f) and (g), sticky labels attached to fruit and vegetables and very lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities and therefore allowed to be collected in bio-waste receptacles.
Amendment 1362 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Compostable packaging can be placed on the market providing the presence of a minimum content of renewable raw material determined as percentage of carbon of biological origin present in packaging compared to the total carbon present therein and using for this purpose the current European standard on the subject based on radiocarbon methods EN 16640. Agricultural biomass used for the manufacture of compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 2 to 5, of Directive (EU) 2018/2001. Forest biomass used for the manufacture compostable packaging complies with the criteria laid down in Article 29, paragraphs 6 and 7 of that Directive.
Amendment 1363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Article 8 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1372 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States which have transposed Article 22 of Directive 2008/98 and have appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are empowered to require that lightweight plastic carrier bags shall be compostable in industrially controlled conditions. The same provision shall apply to compostable packaging formats.
Amendment 1378 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 3
Article 8 – paragraph 3
3. By [OP: Please insert the date = 24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], packaging, labeled as compostable, other than that referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including packaging made of biodegradshall comply with the criteria listed in Annex III. Packaging made with compostable material that is not labele plastic polymers,d as compostable shall allow material recycling without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams.
Amendment 1381 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. By [OP: please insert the date = 12 months from the entry into force of this Regulation] compostable packaging shall contain a minimum content of renewable raw material of at least 60%.
Amendment 1383 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5
Article 8 – paragraph 5
5. TAfter an assessment of the Expert Group, the Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 58 to amend paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by addingdd other types of packaging to the types of packaging covered by those paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article when it is justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments impacting the disposal of compostable packaging and under the conditions set out in Annex III. A public register containing the lists of such applications should be established and updated by the Commission.
Amendment 1390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. By 1 January 2030, the financial contributions paid by producers to comply with their extended producer responsibility obligations as laid down in Article 40 shall be collected and managed by a dedicated extended producer responsibility scheme.
Amendment 1402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionalitys, as listed in the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), taking account of the material that the packaging is made of and its design, for a given material and a given shape.
Amendment 1422 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 2
2. PBy 1 January 2030, packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are only aimed to increase the perceived volume of the product, including double walls, false bottoms, and unnecessary layers, shall not be placed on the market, unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin, shall not be placed on the market, unless the product or packaging design is subject to intellectual property protection or benefits from the Union's geographical indications of origin protection or have been given distinctive product recognition by the Union, in each case protected under Union legislation.
Amendment 1432 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part
Amendment 1437 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 9 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
For the purpose of assessing the compliance with this paragraph, space filled by paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene, styrofoam chips or other filling materials shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
Amendment 1445 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 9 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the identification of the design requirements, including those related to intellectual property rights , which prevent further reduction of the packaging weight or volume, for each of these performance criteria;
Amendment 1465 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1498 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1
Amendment 1530 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 2
2. From [OP: Please insert the date = 48 months after the date of entry into force of this Regul36 months after the adoption of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 5, information], on packaging shall bear a label on packaging reusability andreusability shall be marked on a label on packaging or shall be available through a QR code or other type of digital data carrier that provides further information on packaging reusability including the availability of a system for re-use and of collection points, and that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation of trips and rotations. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified and distinguished from single use packaging at the point of sale.
Amendment 1541 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Labels referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the QR code or other type of digital data carrier referred to in paragraph 2 shall be placed, printed or engraved visibly, clearly legibly and indelibly on the packaging. Where this is not possible or not warranted on account of the nature and size of the packaging, information should be conveyed to consumers via digital means of communication (e.g., website, QR code) or they shall be affixed to the grouped packaging.
Amendment 1547 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 a (new)
By way of derogation from paragraph 4, the information referred to in paragraph 1 to 3 may be provided by electronic means identified on the package or on a label attached thereto.In such cases, the following requirements apply: (a) no user data shall be collected or tracked; (b) the information shall not be displayed with other information intended for sales or marketing purposes.
Amendment 1550 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 11 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Where Union legislation requires information on the packaged product to be provided via a data carrier, a single data carrier shall be used for providing the information required for both the packaged product and the packaging. From [Please insert the date = 24 months after the entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt guidance regarding provision of information by digital means.
Amendment 1557 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 5
Article 11 – paragraph 5
5. By [OP: Please insert the date = 18 2 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish a harmonised label and specifications for the labelling requirements and formats for the labelling of or the digital provision of information related to packaging referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 and the labelling of waste receptacles referred to in Article 12. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 1562 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 6
Article 11 – paragraph 6
6. By [OP: Please insert the date = 124 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt implementing acts to establish the methodology for identifying the material composition of packaging referred to in paragraph 1 by means of digital marking technologies. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59(3).
Amendment 1574 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8
Article 11 – paragraph 8
8. Packaging included in an extended producer responsibility scheme or covered by a deposit and return system other than that referred to in Article 44(1) mayshall be identified by means of a corresponding symbol throughout the territory in which that scheme or system applies. That symbol shall be clear and unambiguous and shall not mislead consumers or users as to the recyclability or reusability of the packagingharmonised symbol to be established via an implementing act by the Commission in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 59 (3).
Amendment 1580 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Packaging referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, manufactured or imported before these deadlines, may be marketed until the stocks of the products are exhausted.
Amendment 1585 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 8 b (new)
Article 11 – paragraph 8 b (new)
8b. This Article shall not apply to pharmaceutical packaging.
Amendment 1607 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Article 13 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1630 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Article 16 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1643 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 13(5) and (6) and Article 16(3) respectively.
Amendment 1666 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 1
Article 21 – paragraph 1
1. Economic operators who supply products to a final distributor or an end user in grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging, shall ensure that the empty space ratio is maximum 40 %inimised subject to the provisions within Part 1 and Part 2 of Annex IV.
Amendment 1684 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Space filled by filling materials such as paper cuttings, air cushions, bubble wraps, sponge fillers, foam fillers, wood wool, polystyrene or Styrofoam chips, shall be considered as empty space, unless required to protect and to transport the goods.
Amendment 1697 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 1780 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26
Article 26
Amendment 2162 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 27
Article 27
Amendment 2217 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Each Member State shall reduce the packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018the year of entry into force of this Regulation as reported to the Commission in accordance with Decision 2005/270/EC, for each of the specific materials contained in packaging waste listed in article 46, by
Amendment 2242 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 38 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) 15 % by 2040.
Amendment 2253 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 38 – paragraph 3
Article 38 – paragraph 3
3. For the purpose of paragraph 2, Member States may use economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, such as measures referred to in Annexes IV and IVa to Directive 2008/98/EC, or other appropriate instruments and measures, including incentives through extended producer responsibility schemes and requirements on producers or producer responsibility organisations to adopt waste prevention plans. Such measures shall be proportionate and non-discriminatory and be designed so as to avoid barriers to trade or distortions of competition in conformity with the Treaty and with Article 4 of this Regulation.
Amendment 2271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 39 – paragraph 2
Article 39 – paragraph 2
2. Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1. They shall, to that end, submit an application for registration in each Member State where they make packaging available on the market for the first timethe home country. Where a producer has appointed a producer responsibility organisation as referred to in Article 41(1), the obligations set out in this Article shall be met by that organisation, unless otherwise specified by the Member State in which the register is established.
Amendment 2305 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2352 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2030, Member States shall ensure that systems are set up to provide for the return and the separate collection of 90% of all packaging waste from the end users of each packaging format listed in Table 1 Annex II, in a given year, in order to ensure that it is treated in accordance with Articles 4 and 13 of Directive 2008/98/EC, and to facilitate its preparation for re-use and high quality recycling.
Amendment 2685 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 1 – row 11 a (new)
Annex II – Table 1 – row 11 a (new)
bottles and (11 a) Plastic PET - rigid flasks Opaque white
Amendment 2711 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Annex II – Table 2 a (new)
Indicative parameters that may be considered when developing design criteria for recycling under Article 6: 1. Additives 2. Labels 3. Closure systems and small parts 4. Adhesives 5. Printing inks 6. Colours 7. Material composition 8. Barriers / coatings 9. Ease of dismantling