68 Amendments of Daniel BUDA related to 2022/0396(COD)
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 1
Recital 1
(1) Products need appropriate packaging to be protected and easy to transport from where they are produced to where they are used or consumed. The packaging used must be appropriate to the characteristics of products. Prevention of barriers and any obstacles to the internal market for packaging is key for the efficient functioning of the internal market for products. Fragmented rules and vague requirements cause uncertainty and additional cost to the economic operators.
Amendment 88 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) It is imperative that the regulation takes account of the differences between packaging waste collection, sorting and recycling infrastructures at the level of the Member States;
Amendment 89 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In line with the Green Deal33, the new Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP)34 commits to reinforcing the essential requirements for packaging in view of making all packaging reusable or recyclable by 2030, and to consider other measures to reduce (over)packaging and packaging waste, drive design for re-use and recyclability of packaging, reduce the complexity of packaging materials and introduce requirements for recycled and biodegradable content in plastic packaging. It commits the Commission to assess the feasibility of Union- wide labelling that facilitates the correct separation of packaging waste at source. In its assessment, the Commission should have regard, on the one hand, to socio- economic circumstances, such as high production costs, challenges in terms of the availability or accessibility of raw materials, and health and safety considerations, and on the other hand, to a period to ensure appropriate and practicable time frames to allow for the transition to the application of the new rules along the packaging value chain. The Commission must also consider the needs of SMEs, which make up 99 % of the food and beverage sector in the EU. _________________ 33 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM%3A2019%3 A640%3AFIN 34 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal- content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2020:98:FIN &WT.mc_id=Twitter
Amendment 93 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 6 a (new)
Recital 6 a (new)
(6a) With regard to the agri-food sector, the war in Ukraine has exacerbated the difficulties in terms of access to packaging materials due to the reduced availability and accessibility of raw materials. This is being made worse by the additional costs of factors of production, energy and food, and by supply chain interruptions. Any initiative aimed at substituting single-use packaging, including plastic products, in the food sector, should be done in a technically and economically feasible way, having regard to the difficult socio- economic context, the efforts made by producers and their cooperatives, who have made massive investments to implement the use of eco-packaging which have not yet been recouped, and the repercussions on the latter;
Amendment 96 #
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 and eco-content in materials, phase out hazardous and harmful substances, and promote re-use. among all categories of consumers, without causing any deterioration of product quality, while ensuring that safety and hygiene standards are maintained, especially in the food industry; _________________ 39 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/doc ument/TA-9-2021-0040_EN.html
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Regulation complements Regulation [Ecodesign for Sustainable Products]40, under which packaging is not addressed as a specific product category. However, it should be recalled that with respect to specific products, delegated acts adopted on the basis of Regulation [Ecodesign for Sustainable Products] may establish additional or more detailed requirements for their packaging, in particular in relation to packaging minimisation when design or re-design of products can lead to environmentally less impactful packaging. For the agri-food industry, the fact that product packaging must adhere to product quality standards must be borne in mind. _________________ 40 https://ec.europa.eu/info/energy-climate- change-environment/standards-tools-and- labels/products-labelling-rules-and- requirements/sustainable- products/ecodesign-sustainable- products_en
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) This Regulation should apply to all packaging placed on the market in the Union and to all packaging waste, regardless of the type of packaging or the material used. Particular attention must be paid to the agri-food industry, to ensure a balanced approach in terms of the socio- economic circumstances affecting this sector. For reasons of legal clarity the definition of packaging under the previous Directive 94/62/EC should be restructured without changing the substance. Sales packaging, grouped packaging and transport packaging should be defined separately avoiding duplication of terminology. Consequently, sales packaging corresponds to primary packaging, grouped packaging to secondary packaging and transport packaging to tertiary packaging.
Amendment 111 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In line with the objectives of the Circular Economy Action Plan42 and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability43, and to ensure the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and the transition to a toxic-free and circular economy, and considering the relevance of packaging in everyday life, it is necessary that this Regulation addresses impacts on human health and on the environment and on broader sustainability performance, including circularity, resulting from impacts of substances of concern on the whole life cycle of packaging, from manufacture to use and end-of life, including, waste management. This Regulation should also address the impact on food security and SMEs, the latter of which make up 99 % of the food and beverage sector in the EU. _________________ 42 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe COM(2020)98 final. 43 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability Towards a Toxic-Free Environment, COM/2020/667 final.
Amendment 113 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 15
Recital 15
(15) Taking into consideration the scientific and technological progress, packaging should be designed and manufactured in a way as to limit the presence of certain heavy metals and other substances of concern or substances which may affect product quality standards in its composition. As stated in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, substances of concern are to be minimised and substituted as far as possible, phasing out the most harmful ones for non-essential societal use, in particular in consumer products. Accordingly, substances of concern as constituents of packaging material or of any of the packaging components should be minimised with the objective to ensure that packaging, as well as materials recycled from packaging, do not have an adverse effect on human health, food security or the environment, throughout their life-cycle.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In line with the Zero Pollution Action Plan44, Union policies should be based on the principle that preventive action should be taken at source, but without creating significant economic difficulties for companies, especially SMEs. The Commission underlines in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability that Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council45 and Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council46 should be reinforced as the cornerstones for regulating chemicals in the Union and that they should be complemented by coherent approaches to assess and manage chemicals in existing sectorial legislation. Substances in packaging and packaging components are therefore restricted at source and primarily addressed under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 in accordance with the rules and procedures laid out under its Title VIII, in order to protect human health and the environment, along all stages of the life cycle of the substance, including the waste stage. Hence, it should be recalled that the provisions of that Regulation apply for adopting or amending restrictions on substances manufactured for use or used in the production of packaging or packaging components as well as on the placing on the market of substances present in packaging or packaging components. Concerning packaging falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council47, it should be recalled that that Regulation applies to ensure a high level of protection of the consumers of packaged food. _________________ 44 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Pathway to a Healthy Planet for All EU Action Plan: 'Towards Zero Pollution for Air, Water and Soil', COM(2021)400 final. 45 Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1). 46 Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1). 47 Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food and repealing Directives 80/590/EEC and 89/109/EEC (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 4– 17).
Amendment 116 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) Like any material or article intended to come into contact with food, packaging should not preclude transfer to food of substances which may endanger human health or cause changes in the composition and quality of the food or deteriorations in its organoleptic properties. This Regulation shall be applied fully in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, which expressly stipulates that the traceability of materials and articles intended to come into contact with food should be ensured at all stages in order to facilitate control, the recall of defective products, consumer information and the attribution of responsibility;
Amendment 121 #
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. The uniform methodology and criteria shall be based on hard evidence of the benefit for the environment, consumer protection standards, food security, hygiene and safety, and on assessment of the proportionate cost impact. Related reporting from Member States and, where relevant, economic operators should support establishing the recyclability “at scale” thresholds in a proportionate manner and with a reasonable transition period and update, on this basis, the recyclability performance grades with respect to the specific packaging materials and categories.
Amendment 127 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 24
Recital 24
(24) In order to protect human and animal health and safety, and food security, 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 Council50 and 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 Council52 and of 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 2035, and also to food intended for vulnerable groups such as infants and young children as defined in 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 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 25
Recital 25
(25) Some Member States are taking action to encourage recyclability of packaging through modulation of extended producer responsibility fees; such initiatives taken at the national level may create regulatory uncertainty for the economic operators, in particular where they supply packaging in several Member States. At the same time, modulation of extended producer responsibility fees is an effective economic instrument to incentivise more sustainable packaging design leading to better recyclable packaging while improving the functioning of the internal market. ITo ensure a consistent and predictable framework for economic operators, it is therefore necessary to harmonise criteria for the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the recyclability performance grade obtained through recyclability assessment, while not setting the actual amounts of such fees. As the criteria should be related to the criteria on packaging recyclability, it is appropriate to empower the Commission to adopt such harmonised criteria at the same time as establishing the detailed design for recycling criteria per packaging categories.
Amendment 135 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 30
Recital 30
(30) There should be an incentive for economic operators to increase the recycled or biodegradable content in the plastic part of packaging. The most appropriate means to achieve this is to ensure the modulation of extended producer responsibility fees based on the percentage of recycled and biodegradable content in packaging. The fee modulation should be based on common rules for the calculation and verification of the recycled content contained in such packaging.
Amendment 138 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 33
Recital 33
(33) In order to take into account the risks related to a possible insufficient supply of a specific plastic waste for recycling that might lead to excessive prices or adverse effects on health, safety and the environment, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission in respect of temporarily amending the targets for mandatory recycled content in plastic packaging, including growth based on biodegradable content. In evaluating the justification of such a delegated act, the Commission should assess well-reasoned requests from natural and legal persons.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 43
Recital 43
(43) To promote the circularity and sustainable use of packaging, reusable packaging and systems for re-use should be incentivised, to the extent that re-use does not pose risks to the quality of food and does not affect its organoleptic properties. For that purpose, it is necessary to clarify the notion of reusable packaging and to ensure that it is linked not only to the packaging design, which should enable a maximum number of trips or rotations and maintaining the safety, quality and hygiene requirements when being emptied, unloaded, refilled or reloaded, but also to the setting up of systems for re-use respecting minimum requirements as set out in this Regulation. In order to facilitate conformity assessment with requirements on reusable packaging, it is necessary to provide for presumption of conformity for packaging which is in conformity with harmonised standards adopted in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 for the purpose of expressing detailed technical specifications of those requirements and define reusable packaging criteria and formats, including minimum number of trips or rotations, standardised designs, as well as requirements for systems for re-use, including hygiene requirements.
Amendment 167 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 63
Recital 63
(63) Reusable packaging has to be safe for its users and should guarantee that the organoleptic characteristics and quality and conformity requirements of foodstuffs are not compromised. Therefore, economic operators offering their products in reusable packaging have to ensure that, before a reusable packaging is used again, it is subject to a reconditioning process, for which requirements should be laid down. Details of the reconditioning process should also be made available to consumers so that they can feel safe when buying a product in reusable packaging.
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, or in case of farms and agricultural businesses that carry out direct sales activities in farmers' markets regulated by national or regional law. The power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 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 181 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 71
Recital 71
(71) To enable the verification of compliance with the re-use and refill targets, it is necessary that the respective economic operators report to the competent authorities. Economic operators should report the relevant data for each calendar year, starting from 1 January 2030. Member States should make this data publicly available through as many media as possible.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 101
Recital 101
(101) Member States should also take measures promoting and encouraging recycling which meets the quality standards for the use of the recycled materials in relevant sectors. This obligation is particularly relevant in view of minimum percentage set for recycled content in plastic packaging.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 125
Recital 125
(125) A procedure should exist under which interested parties are informed of measures intended to be taken with regard to packaging presenting a risk and the granting of a transition period within which interested parties can change packaging without interrupting the production of products. It should also allow market surveillance authorities in the Member States, in cooperation with the relevant economic operators, to act at an early stage with regard to such packaging. In order to ensure uniform conditions for the implementation of this Regulation, the power to adopt implementing acts in accordance with Article 291 of the Treaty should be delegated to the Commission to determine whether national measures in respect of non-compliant products are justified or not.
Amendment 196 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 139
Recital 139
(139) In order to allow Member States to take the necessary administrative measures regarding the organisation of the authorisation procedures by the competent authorities, while keeping continuity for economic operators who need a transition period to adapt to the new measures imposed, but without harming production, the application of this Directive should be deferred.
Amendment 248 #
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, 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 and 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 263 #
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 266 #
Amendment 278 #
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 post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packagingproducer:
Amendment 298 #
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 packagingproducer:
Amendment 335 #
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], 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 344 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Packaging shall be designed so that its weight and volume is reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring its functionality, without damaging the products for which it is intended, taking account of the material that the packaging is made of.
Amendment 352 #
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 362 #
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, the label on the packaging must be easy to understand. This obligation does not apply to transport packaging. However, it applies to e- commerce packaging.
Amendment 436 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 444 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 62
Recital 62
Amendment 451 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 461 #
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, 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 462 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 468 #
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. 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. 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 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7
Article 26 – paragraph 7
Amendment 633 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 18 a (new)
(18a) ‘plastic packaging’ means a packaging that is wholly or predominantly (i.e. more than 50%) made of plastic.
Amendment 643 #
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 650 #
Proposal for a regulation
Annex V a (new)
Annex V a (new)
Amendment 1114 #
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 post-consumer plastic waste, per unit of packaging or biowaste content:
Amendment 1125 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point b
Amendment 1139 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 7 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) 35 % for plastic packaging other than those referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
Amendment 1174 #
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 or biobosed content:
Amendment 1176 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 7 – paragraph 2 – point a
Amendment 1211 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. packaging for non-medical products which shall be manufactured to ISO standard 15378 to ensure the safety and quality of the product for consumer health.
Amendment 1241 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
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 either recycled or biobased content used in the plastic packaging.
Amendment 1268 #
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).
Amendment 1279 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 8
Article 7 – paragraph 8
8. As of 1 January 2029, the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content contained in plastic packaging under paragraph 1 shall comply with the rules laid down in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 7.
Amendment 1419 #
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 1693 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 22
Article 22
Amendment 1802 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Article 26 – paragraph 2
Amendment 1832 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Article 26 – paragraph 3
Amendment 1867 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Article 26 – paragraph 4
Amendment 1888 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Article 26 – paragraph 5
Amendment 1914 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Article 26 – paragraph 6
Amendment 1950 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 7 – point b
Amendment 1966 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 8 – point b
Amendment 1991 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 9 – point b
Amendment 2020 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Article 26 – paragraph 10 – point b
Amendment 2108 #
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 infrastructure necessary for the functioning of a re-use system.
Amendment 2114 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Article 26 – paragraph 15 a (new)
Amendment 2122 #
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 in this article if, in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, they can show that alternative packaging formats deliver a better overall environmental outcome justified by life-cycle thinking, as well as a better overall economic and human health impact.
Amendment 2143 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Article 26 – paragraph 16 – point c
Amendment 2302 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2029, 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 for each packaging format listed in Table 1 of 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 2349 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 43 – paragraph 1
Article 43 – paragraph 1
1. By 1 January 2029, 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 for each packaging format listed in Table 1 of 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.