The people’s enthusiasm for preserving their future raw materials shows that the efforts of traders, manufacturers, public authorities, service providers and associations certainly make sense.

Producers who have to fulfil obligations on minimum recyclate contents in their packaging are to be given preferential access to recycled material.

However, this does not apply to all CE jurisdictions. For instance, construction and medical products will not be allowed to be marketed with CE marks in the UK.

The Swedish packaging take-back system FTI will be incorporated into the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) Näringslivets Producentansvar (NPA) as per 1st January 2024. By 1st November 2023, all producers must have joined an admitted PRO.

“New EPR in France: Sports and Leisure Activities, Toys, DIY and Garden Tools” is the topic on Friday, 25 August 2023, at 10 am live in our Online Compliance Talk. You will have the opportunity to talk personally with other people affected. In order to ensure that our affected foreign customers also stand to benefit from added value, the event will be held…

Transition periods have been taken into account, but the calculation procedures then established may have to be implemented through appropriate testing and research procedures.

The registration for packaging manufacturers must already have taken place by 01.01.2024, because the quantities from the previous year must already be reported and collected or recycled when the packaging regulation comes into force in January 2025. The declaration of the planned quantity for 2024 must take place in Q1 2024.

The EU Commission opened an infringement proceeding against France on 23 February 2023. In this proceeding, the Commission argues that the French Triman regulation represents an impediment to the internal market and to the principles of the free movement of goods, as the additional labelling leads to increased material requirements and thus to more waste.

The Green Dot can now be used in practice. Nevertheless, it is likely that the French government will present a well-worded ban to the Commission.

The Regulation imposes a due diligence obligation on traders when they place on the EU market or export from the EU, inter alia, wood, leather and rubber and products made from them (such as furniture). Small businesses will benefit from a longer adjustment period.

It is now to be comprehensively reformed so that national labelling requirements by member states can be dispensed with. In addition, new requirements for digital labelling are to be defined.

For the development of sustainability criteria, the parliamentary resolution contains a list of products to be given priority. These include iron, steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture and mattresses, tyres, detergents, paints, lubricants, chemicals, information and telecommunications equipment and other electronics items.

It can already be seen at this stage that take-e-way will reach the self-imposed target of 4,000 collection points in the take-e-back system.

On 15 May 2023, the new Single-Use Plastics Fund Act (EWKFondsG) was published in the German Federal Law Gazette and has thus come into force step by step since 16 May 2023. Affected products include plastic carrier bags, balloons and tobacco products.

If someone receives a damaged article, the importer or the manufacturer’s authorised representative are to be held liable for it. Companies that take care of the storage or shipping of an order could also be held responsible for cases of damage.

The Dutch authorities will enhance actions against freeriding in 2023. If you sell or are planning to sell photovoltaic modules in the Netherlands, but have not registered as producer yet, this new development is of high relevance for you.

For example, Europe-wide distribution bans and fines of up to 100,000 euros can be imposed on producers. Importers and sellers who fail to comply with their obligations can be fined up to 10,000 euros.

The lawyers demand the submission of a cease-and-desist order and a declaration of obligation, the reimbursement of the costs incurred by the test purchase as well as the reimbursement of the legal fees incurred.