Relevant legislation
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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: Executive order on the extended producer responsibility for certain single-use plastic products. Find the draft here on the Consultation Portal) and read VANA's consultation response here.
- 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).