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The SENS Foundation publishes a list of non-system participants on its website. The alternative to being publicly classified as a non-system participant is to join a voluntary system and make a financial contribution to the disposal structure in Switzerland.

On June 25, 2021, the Bundesrat approved the Act on Corporate Due Diligence in Supply Chains by waiving a conciliation procedure. It can now be forwarded to the Federal President for signature and pronounced in the Federal Law Gazette. It will largely enter into force on January 1, 2023 – and for individual provisions already on the day after its pronouncement.

Not only in Europe, but also in the USA, you need a registration for the sale of electronic products and batteries. Producers are subject to registration if they sell computers (desktops, laptops, tablets, etc.) or televisions and their peripherals (monitors, printers, DVD players, game consoles, etc.).

On 15 June 2021, the take-e-way consulting department was informed by one of our foreign customers about a questionable e-mail cover letter with the subject “Elektrogeräte Registrierung“ (Electrical equipment registration), which originated from a German company based in Neuss. If you receive a letter regarding the registration of your products and are unsure of the current status, our advisors will be pleased to assist you.

Competitors can assert far-reaching claims for information and damages due to missing ElektroG registration. Businesses are therefore well advised to avoid such violations through proper registration.

The new Packaging Act (VerpackG2) is scheduled to take effect in Germany on 3 July 2021. An important amendment is the newly created function of the authorised representative, who can relieve certain manufacturers of many duties. In our latest Compliance Talk, we explain exactly which manufacturers will benefit from the new option in terms of which obligations. The video is available for viewing here (YouTube):

Amendments to Legislative Decree No. 41 of 22 March 2021, the so-called "Decreto Sostegni", were approved during its conversion into law. These amendments include, inter alia, the suspension of the environmental labelling obligation for packaging, as well as the possibility of trading products already placed on the market without the new environmental labelling requirements, until stocks are exhausted.

According to the Bundestag, the Committee for Labour and Social Affairs approved the federal government’s draft bill for an amended version of the Supply Chain Act on 9 June 2021. The Act is to apply to companies with 3,000 employees starting in 2023 and to companies with 1,000 employees a year later. The organisation Deutsche Umwelthilfe is also calling for independent environmental due diligence requirements to apply to all companies with 250 or more employees and to smaller-scale companies in certain risk sectors.

If you do not have a branch office in Germany, you can transfer almost all obligations to an Authorised Representative. If you are interested in this services, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can provide you with the necessary information, application forms and our corresponding Business Management Contract in order to already submit your August Report to LUCID.

The amended Packaging Act will take effect on 3 July 2021. Key content of the legislative amendment: Online marketplaces and fulfilment service providers will need to verify that manufacturers of packaged goods are registered with the Central Agency Packaging Register and comply with the Packaging Act. If you are affected by the Packaging Act and have not yet fulfilled your associated obligations, you should take action now without any further delay.