Update on The Packaging French Legislation
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The European Commission has confirmed that the planned ban on non-recyclable styrenic packaging in France, set for 2025 under the Climate and Resilience Law, will not be enforceable. This ban conflicts with the upcoming EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and no enforcement measures will be implemented, according to reliable sources.

Source: L’Usine Nouvelle.

Publication of Official Notice

The notice, published in the Official Journal on 30 September 2024, specifies that for the French Environment Code, non-recyclable styrenic packaging is defined as packaging that does not fall into recyclability performance classes A, B, or C as outlined in Article 6 of the draft PPWR. This aligns French law with the upcoming PPWR, which provides for recyclability to be assessed based on design-for-recycling criteria starting from 1 January 2030. The full text can be accessed here.

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