Joint industry statement on references to “state-run producer responsibility organisations” in the PPWR

The undersigned organisations call on EU legislators to delete the references to ‘state-owned producer responsibility organisations’ in recital 97a, Article 39.7b and Article 42.6 of the draft PPWR.

The inclusion of such provisions in EU legislation would reverse progress made in the 2018 revisions of the WFD and PPWD, undermine the EU’s ability to provide leadership on EPR in a global context, create legal loopholes that Member States could use to avoid meeting legal obligations.

If implemented, it would cause packaging recycling rates to go down, hampering producers' ability to fulfil their obligations and to meet the minimum requirements for placing packaging on the market, thus undermining the PPWR core recycling objectives and the packaging chain’s contribution to achievement of the EU goal of net zero by 2050.

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