The present Act lays down provisions relating to the placing on the market, taking back and the high-quality use of packaging. In particular, the Act implements article 23 of the Waste Avoidance, Recovery and Disposal Act of 24 February 2012 which concerns packaging. The present Act provides for the avoidance or reduction of packaging waste and it should be re-used for high-quality products. The text consists of 38 articles divided into 8 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Placing on the market of packaging subject to system participation (2); Collection, return and recycling (3); Systems (4); Central office (5); Beverage packaging (6); Reduction of the consumption of certain disposable packaging (7); Final provisions (8). The Act consists of 5 Appendixes as: Packaging criteria and examples (1); Filling goods containing pollutants (2); Requirements relating to plastic boxes and pallets (3); Requirements relating to glass packaging (4); Labelling of packaging.
Allemagne · 2017-07-05