Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 – point d d (new)
Directive 94/62/EC
Article 6 – paragraph 11 a (new)
(dd) The following paragraph 11a is added: '11a. Member States shall take appropriate measures to encourage the design of packaging in order to reduce its environmental impact and the generation of waste in the course of the production and subsequent use, provided that such measures avoid distortions of the internal market and do not hinder compliance with this Directive by other Member States. Those measures shall include measures to encourage the development, production and marketing of packaging that is suitable for multiple use, that is technically durable and that is, after having become waste, suitable for re-use and recycling in order to facilitate proper implementation of the waste hierarchy. The measures shall take into account the full life cycle impacts of packaging.'