Relevant legislation
On this page you are provided with an overview of the legislation that forms the basis for the producer responsibility for packaging in Denmark and the EU.
Danish legislation
- Executive order on registration and reporting: Executive order on registration and reporting (retsinformation.dk)
Read VANA's consultation response to the Executive order here. - Executive Order on certain Requirements for Packaging (Emballagebekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk)
- Consultation: Draft amendment of the Environmental Protection Act, extended producer responsibility for packaging and single-use plastic products, etc. Find the draft here on the Consultation Portal.
- Environmental Protection Act: Find the act here (retsinformation.dk).
Political agreement
- Agreement on extended producer responsibility: Find the agreement here.
EU
- Revised waste directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2018/ af 30. maj 2018 om ændring af direktiv 2008/98/EF om affald).
- Revised packaging directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2018/ af 30. maj 2018 om ændring af direktiv 94/62/EF om emballage og emballageaffald).
The Packaging directive is expected to be replaced by a Packaging Ordinance (PPWR), which probably will be adopted in Q2 2024. - Single-use plastics directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2019/ af 5. juni 2019 on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastics products).