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Legal instrument details: Packaging directive
Classification
- 15.10.30.30 Waste management and clean technology
- 13.30 Internal market: approximation of laws
Short name
Packaging directive
CELEX reference
31994L0062
Identification number
94/62/EC
Issued by
Parent legal instrument
Abstract
The Directive aims to harmonise national measures concerning the management of packaging and packaging waste in order to provide a high level of environmental protection and to ensure the functioning of the internal market. To this end this Directive lays down measures aimed, as a first priority, to prevent the formation of packaging waste and, furthermore, to promote the reuse, recycling and recovering of packaging waste and minimize final disposal of the waste. The Directive provides targets for recovery and recycling as well as essential requirements to the composition of packaging.
Reporting obligations
- Packaging Directive implementation report [terminated] [Article 17]
- Waste packaging yearly statistics report [Article 12(3a)]
- Waste packaging hazardous contents report and other voluntary data on packaging and packaging waste [terminated] [Article 12]
Comments
The Directive is amended by:
Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty (CELEX No 32003R1882)
Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste - Statement by the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament (CELEX No 32004L0012)
Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 32005L0020)
Packaging Directive is supplemented by following legal documents:
Commission Decision 97/129/EC of 28 January 1997 establishing the identification system for packaging materials pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 31997D0129).
Commission Decision 1999/177/EC of 8 February 1999 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 31999D0177).
Commission Decision 2001/171/EC of 19 February 2001 establishing the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 32001D0171).
Commission Decision 2001/524/EC of 28 June 2001 relating to the publication of references for standards EN 13428:2000, EN 13429:2000, EN 13430:2000, EN 13431:2000 and EN 13432:2000 in the Official Journal of the European Communities in connection with Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 32001D0524).
Commission Decision 97/622/EC of 27 May 1997 concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC) (CELEX No 31997D0622) shall be used when reported on the implementation of the Directive.
Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22. March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 32005D0270);
Commission Decision 2006/340/EC of 8 May 2006 amending Decision 2001/171/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of prolonging the validity of the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC (CELEX No 32006D0340).
Commission Decision 2009/292/EC of 24 March 2009 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC
Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 September 2003 adapting to Council Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the EC Treaty (CELEX No 32003R1882)
Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste - Statement by the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament (CELEX No 32004L0012)
Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 32005L0020)
Packaging Directive is supplemented by following legal documents:
Commission Decision 97/129/EC of 28 January 1997 establishing the identification system for packaging materials pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 31997D0129).
Commission Decision 1999/177/EC of 8 February 1999 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 31999D0177).
Commission Decision 2001/171/EC of 19 February 2001 establishing the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 32001D0171).
Commission Decision 2001/524/EC of 28 June 2001 relating to the publication of references for standards EN 13428:2000, EN 13429:2000, EN 13430:2000, EN 13431:2000 and EN 13432:2000 in the Official Journal of the European Communities in connection with Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste(CELEX No 32001D0524).
Commission Decision 97/622/EC of 27 May 1997 concerning questionnaires for Member States reports on the implementation of certain Directives in the waste sector (implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC) (CELEX No 31997D0622) shall be used when reported on the implementation of the Directive.
Commission Decision 2005/270/EC of 22. March 2005 establishing the formats relating to the database system pursuant to European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (CELEX No 32005D0270);
Commission Decision 2006/340/EC of 8 May 2006 amending Decision 2001/171/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of prolonging the validity of the conditions for a derogation for glass packaging in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC (CELEX No 32006D0340).
Commission Decision 2009/292/EC of 24 March 2009 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC
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