take-e-way News on EPR & Product Compliance

09/18/2023

Authorised representative in Austria required

These changes concern companies without a registered office in Austria that import packaging and single-use plastic products into Austria. For all deliveries to end users, it is mandatory to appoint an authorised representative in Austria; for deliveries to sellers in Austria, pre-licensed imports can be made with an authorised representative based in Austria, but only for companies based within the EU. This regulation has been in force since 1 January 2023.

09/18/2023

Packaging Register examines system participation

The ZSVR platform evaluates millions of packaging data records and text documents fully automatically. In this way, it tracks down recycling free riders and ensures more transparency in the recycling market.

08/21/2023

Battery Regulation in force

Due to the conversion of the previous Battery Directive to the Regulation, the new rules will then apply directly in all Member States without further adaptation.

08/21/2023

EU Packaging Regulation Update

Producers who have to fulfil obligations on minimum recyclate contents in their packaging are to be given preferential access to recycled material.

08/21/2023

Sweden: Packaging Update

The Swedish packaging take-back system FTI will be incorporated into the Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) Näringslivets Producentansvar (NPA) as per 1st January 2024. By 1st November 2023, all producers must have joined an admitted PRO.

08/21/2023

New EPR in France

“New EPR in France: Sports and Leisure Activities, Toys, DIY and Garden Tools” is the topic on Friday, 25 August 2023, at 10 am live in our Online Compliance Talk. You will have the opportunity to talk personally with other people affected. In order to ensure that our affected foreign customers also stand to benefit from added value, the event will be held in English. Accordingly, please feel free to recommend attendance at the event to your foreign partners as well.

07/28/2023

New EU Batteries Regulation adopted

The Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 28/07/2023 and formally enters into force 20 days later on 17/08/2023.

07/27/2023

EPR responsibilities for packaging in Denmark

The registration for packaging manufacturers must already have taken place by 01.01.2024, because the quantities from the previous year must already be reported and collected or recycled when the packaging regulation comes into force in January 2025. The declaration of the planned quantity for 2024 must take place in Q1 2024.

07/14/2023

take-e-way increases take-back of WEEE

It can already be seen at this stage that take-e-way will reach the self-imposed target of 4,000 collection points in the take-e-back system.

06/20/2023

EU Battery Regulation adopted

On 14 June 2023, the EU Parliament adopted new rules for the design, manufacture and recycling of all batteries sold in the EU under the new EU Batteries Regulation. Here you will find a summary of the most important measures of the draft bill as well as information on our Legal Monitoring Service as a risk precaution in order to protect yourself under product law for the new EU Battery Regulation 2023.

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