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Prohibition on placing on the market |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Do not place the covered products on the market.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Single-use plastic products listed in Part B of the Annex and products made from oxo-degradable plastic
- Checking responsibility:
- Companies placing such products on the market
- Check method:
- Check whether the product is placed on the market of a Member State
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 5
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall prohibit the placing on the market of the single-use plastic products listed in Part B of the Annex and of products made from oxo-degradable plastic.
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Attached caps and lids |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Ensure that plastic caps and lids remain attached to the containers during the products’ intended use stage.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Beverage containers with a capacity of up to three litres covered by Part C of the Annex, subject to its exclusions
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers and other companies placing the products on the market
- Check method:
- Product-design and conformity check that caps and lids remain attached during intended use
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 6(1)
- Source excerpt:
- single-use plastic products listed in Part C of the Annex that have caps and lids made of plastic may be placed on the market only if the caps and lids remain attached to the containers during the products’ intended use stage.
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Minimum recycled-plastic content |
Governance |
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- Description:
- From 2025, use at least 25% recycled plastic on average in PET bottles and, from 2030, at least 30% recycled plastic in the covered beverage bottles.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Beverage bottles covered by Part F of the Annex
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers and companies placing the bottles on the market
- Check method:
- Calculation and verification of the average recycled-plastic content across all bottles placed on the market in the Member State
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 6(5)(a)-(b)
- Source excerpt:
- from 2025, beverage bottles listed in Part F of the Annex which are manufactured from polyethylene terephthalate as the major component (‘PET bottles’) contain at least 25 % recycled plastic, calculated as an average for all PET bottles placed on the market on the territory of that Member State; and
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from 2030, beverage bottles listed in Part F of the Annex contain at least 30 % recycled plastic, calculated as an average for all such beverage bottles placed on the market on the territory of that Member State.
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Marking of single-use plastic products |
Other |
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- Description:
- Place a marking on the packaging or product informing consumers about appropriate waste-management options or disposal means to avoid, the presence of plastics, and the environmental impact of littering or other inappropriate disposal.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex
- Checking responsibility:
- Companies placing the products on the market
- Check method:
- Check the packaging or product for a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 7(1)
- Source excerpt:
- each single-use plastic product listed in Part D of the Annex placed on the market bears a conspicuous, clearly legible and indelible marking on its packaging or on the product itself informing consumers of the following:
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Cost coverage under extended producer responsibility |
Other |
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- Description:
- Cover the costs required under extended producer responsibility, including awareness raising, waste collection, transport, treatment, litter clean-up where applicable, and data gathering and reporting.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Single-use plastic products listed in Sections I to III of Part E of the Annex
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers and companies qualifying as producers under the Directive
- Check method:
- Review of established schemes, cost statements and financial contributions
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 8(2)
- Source excerpt:
- the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Section I of Part E of the Annex to this Directive cover the costs pursuant to the extended producer responsibility provisions in Directives 2008/98/EC and 94/62/EC and, insofar as not already included, cover the following costs:
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Costs for products in Sections II and III |
Other |
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- Description:
- Cover at least the costs specified in Article 8(3); for products in Section III, additionally cover public-system collection costs and subsequent transport and treatment.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Single-use plastic products listed in Sections II and III of Part E of the Annex
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers and companies qualifying as producers under the Directive
- Check method:
- Review of costs for awareness raising, litter clean-up, data gathering and, where applicable, public collection
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 8(3)
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that the producers of the single-use plastic products listed in Sections II and III of Part E of the Annex cover at least the following costs:
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Appointment of an authorised representative in the sales state |
Governance |
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- Description:
- Appoint an authorised representative established in the other Member State when selling products there without being established there.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Single-use plastic products in Part E and fishing gear containing plastic sold in another Member State
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers
- Check method:
- Check of establishment state and cross-border sales; evidence that an authorised representative has been appointed
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 8(7)
- Source excerpt:
- Each Member State shall ensure that a producer established on its territory, which sells single-use plastic products listed in Part E of the Annex and fishing gear containing plastic in another Member State in which it is not established, appoints an authorised representative in that other Member State.
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Costs for waste fishing gear |
Other |
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- Description:
- Cover the costs of separate collection of waste fishing gear containing plastic and its subsequent transport and treatment, and cover the costs of awareness-raising measures.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Fishing gear containing plastic
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers of fishing gear containing plastic
- Check method:
- Check of separate collection, delivery to adequate port reception facilities or equivalent collection systems, and cost coverage
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 8(9)
- Source excerpt:
- the producers of fishing gear containing plastic cover the costs of the separate collection of waste fishing gear containing plastic that has been delivered to adequate port reception facilities in accordance with Directive (EU) 2019/883 or to other equivalent collection systems that fall outside the scope of that Directive and the costs of its subsequent transport and treatment. The producers shall also cover the costs of the awareness raising measures referred to in Article 10 regarding fishing gear containing plastic.
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Financing awareness raising |
Stakeholder Engagement |
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- Description:
- Cover the costs of awareness-raising measures concerning reusable alternatives, waste management, the impacts of littering and inappropriate disposal, and, where relevant, impacts on sewer networks.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Products listed in Part G of the Annex and fishing gear containing plastic
- Checking responsibility:
- Producers as part of extended producer responsibility
- Check method:
- Check that the awareness-raising measures financed by the company cover the required information
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Recital 28
- Source excerpt:
- Producers of single-use plastic products and fishing gear containing plastic should cover the costs of the awareness raising measures as part of their extended producer responsibility obligations.
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