take-e-way News on EPR & Product Compliance

01/16/2023

Environment Agency prosecutes ElektroG offences

Failure to register or improper registration by a manufacturer (or its authorised representative) constitutes a – sometimes significantly unjustified – competitive advantage for the manufacturer in question. Accordingly, violations of the registration obligation can be punished with a fine of up to 100,000 euros and the economic advantage gained through the violation is also skimmed off on a regular basis.

01/16/2023

Latest e-systems carbon footprint report available

In the spirit of the climate protection slogan ‘Acting consciously’, the three e-systems companies take-e-way, trade-e-bility and get-e-right proactively pursue their continuous climate protection path and thus keep an eye on the effects of their actions on the climate. Our measures and the carbon footprint report are available here.

01/16/2023

take-e-way at the Toy Fair in Nuremberg

The International Toy Fair will take place in Nuremberg from 1 to 5 February 2023. Please visit us at our meeting point in Hall 7, booth A-66 and don’t miss our presentation on “Europe-wide product compliance in the online shop for electronic toys” on Wednesday, 1 February 2023 in the Toy Business Forum at 16:00h (CET). Do you have any questions about product compliance or need a solution to specific problems? Arrange a trade fair appointment now: Simply send an e-mail message to Oliver Friedrichs with the subject “Toy Fair”:

12/30/2022

New registration obligation for packaging in Spain

Spanish authority checks registration of producers of packaged products, the Visible Fee for disposal costs of packaging and the information on return to collection points of municipalities, distributors and producers.

12/13/2022

EU Battery Regulation coming in 2023?

The agreed rules and regulations will cover the entire life cycle of batteries, from design to end of life, and will apply to all types of batteries sold in the EU: conventional portable batteries, batteries for light transport vehicles (powering wheeled vehicles such as electric scooters and bicycles), automotive batteries (providing power for vehicle starting, lighting or ignition), traction batteries for powering electric road vehicles and industrial batteries (energy storage in private or domestic environments, for propulsion in rail or air transport and shipping). Negotiators agreed on stricter requirements to make batteries more sustainable, powerful and durable.

12/13/2022

Proposal for EU Packaging Regulation published

To encourage reuse or refilling of packaging, companies must offer consumers a certain percentage of their products in reusable or refillable packaging, e.g. eCommerce deliveries. Moreover, some packaging formats are standardised, and clear labelling of reusable packaging is prescribed. To decisively address unnecessary packaging, certain packaging is prohibited.

12/13/2022

ElektroG quarterly fee in the Federal Law Gazette

The Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act Battery Act Fee Ordinance (ElektroGBattGGebV) was published in the Federal Law Gazette on 8 December 2022. This includes the new quarterly fee, as was to be expected. The association VERE e.V. will continue to campaign for a fair fee structure in the area of the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act / Batteries Act.

12/13/2022

Single-use plastic levy up to 8.95 euros per kilogram

Based on a study, the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) proposes to introduce separate cost rates for each plastic product group: For disposable plastic cups, a levy of 1.23 euros/kg would make sense; for plastic-containing filters of cigarettes, producers would have to pay as much as 8.95 euros/kg into the disposable plastic fund, according to UBA.

12/13/2022

Packaging Register automatically exposes free riders

Analyses based on algorithms reveal when company data or reports on packaging quantities are incomplete or incorrect. In this way, suspected cases are identified and handed over to the enforcement authorities.

12/13/2022

Selling worldwide – also to Austria

Besides Austria, other countries (e.g. Greece, Sweden) have chosen the same path and are starting the attempt to create a better monitoring and enforcement framework based on an authorised representative not only for their domestic producers but also for the general market environment.

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