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Citeo’s feedback on the proposal of Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Authors: Engagement & Innovation ; Ecodesign & Reuse ; Legal & Public affairs ; Recycling ; Territorial operations Teams | 24/03/2023 Institutional Relations Department | 24/03/2023 | Restricted distribution 1/36 Citeo is the French company in charge of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for household packaging and graphic papers. EPR is an application of the polluter-pay principle: producers and companies responsible for placing products on the market are required to finance or organize the waste management at the end of life of these products. In France, most companies have decided to collectively organize themselves under the responsibility of EPR organizations accredited by public authorities. Citeo sent feedback to the European Commission and Eunomia during the previous consultations on their work on…

…in order to understand in a pragmatic way the impact of the proposed measures. • Table of contents General remarks 3 1. Prevention measures 3 1.1. Reduction measures on Member States .................................................................... 3 1.2. Reduction measures on producers ............................................................................ 4

…3 1.2. Reduction measures on producers ............................................................................ 4 2. The harmonized recyclability definition aligned with Citeo’s position (article 6) 4 2.1. Recyclability definition ................................................................................................. 4 2.1.1. Recyclability definition criteria 4 2.1.2. Design for recycling guidelines and recycling performance grades 6 2.1.3. Recyclability at scale 7 2.2. Integration of the work on standardisation ..............................................................10 2.3. Creation of a European technical committee ..........................................................11 2.4. A legislation to foster innovation ..............................................................................11 2.5. Ecomodulation to incentivize recyclability…

…claims ....................................................................................................13 3. Compostability 14 3.1. For a limited scope of compostable packaging ......................................................14 3.2. Compostability claims ................................................................................................15

…claims ................................................................................................15 4. Reuse 16 Ref. Ares(2023)2357191 - 31/03/2023 Citeo | 24/03/2023 | Restricted distribution 2/36 4.1. Reusable packaging ...................................................................................................16 4.1.1 Definitions 16 4.1.2 Minimum requirements 16 4.2. Reuse targets ..............................................................................................................18 4.3. Incentives and tools to reach reuse targets ............................................................20 4.4. Reporting and advisory reuse authority...................................................................21

Reporting and advisory reuse authority...................................................................21 5. Recycled content 23 5.1. Harmonisation of recycled content targets .............................................................23 5.2. The methodology of calculation ................................................................................24 5.3. Mechanisms to reach recycled content targets ......................................................24 5.3.2. First access of material 25 5.4. Ecomodulation ............................................................................................................27

............................................................................................................27 6. Labelling (articles 11 and 12) 28 6.1. Label on material composition ..................................................................................28 6.2. Label on packaging reusability .................................................................................29 6.3. Label on the share of recycled and biobased content ............................................30 6.4. Characteristics of labels ............................................................................................31 6.5. The harmonisation of label based on a specific methodology for effective labels 31 6.6. Prohibition of misleading and confusion labels ......................................................32 6.7. Voluntary label on EPR scheme or…

Labelling of waste receptacles for the collection of packaging waste .................33 7. Deposit and return system 34 8. Extended producer responsibility 35 8.1. Providers of online platforms ....................................................................................35 Citeo | 24/03/2023 | Restricted distribution 3/36 General remarks The global economy is now 7,2% circular in 2022 and this rate drops every year, from 9,1% in 2018, to 8,6% in 20201. Our current economy model needs to be reconsidered and be aligned with the environmental and climate challenged. We need to do much better and reduce first the amount of material, maximise their use and then boost the management of their end-of-life to ensure that the amount of leakage is rationalised.

…their use and then boost the management of their end-of-life to ensure that the amount of leakage is rationalised. Citeo believes the European Commission is setting the path of ambitious legislative measures to address packaging challenges by repealing the Packaging and Packaging waste Directive (PPWD) which was outdated in relation to today’s society and environmental pressure. We have seen rising numbers of national legislative proposals, the German Circular economy law on packaging in 2019, the French Circular Anti-waste and Circular Economy Law a year after,2, or more recently the Spanish law on Circular Economy3. Given the globalisation of the economy, the worldwide issue of building more sustainable policies, it has become necessary that the EU becomes a key player and builds a strong resilient Internal market.

…policies, it has become necessary that the EU becomes a key player and builds a strong resilient Internal market. To do so, the European Commission published a new proposal on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) by harmonising with the help of a regulation legislative tool EU rules on packaging to develop a more circular economy. Citeo welcomes the ambition of the proposal and shares the Commission willingness of a complete harmonisation. The example of the Single Use plastic Directive4 shows discrepancies in terms of transposition between Member states and length of procedure to implement the measures in national law. A regulation will answer to those challenges by ensuring a complete harmonisation throughout the internal market. In addition, the proposal of the Commission is setting general obligations while technical measures will be entailed in secondary legislation.

…of the Commission is setting general obligations while technical measures will be entailed in secondary legislation. In building this secondary legislation, it is critical to ensure a purpose-driven collaboration between the public and the private sector to ensure reachable incentivising targets. A Packaging Forum, committee consulted during the writing of the secondary legislation, composed of representatives of the whole value chain (producers, PROs, NGOs) is necessary to achieve a consistent European legislation applicable throughout Member States. 1. Prevention measures 1.1. Reduction measures on Member States On article 38, Member States are entitled to reduce the amount of packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated in 2018.

…to reduce the amount of packaging waste generated per capita, as compared to the packaging waste generated in 2018. To this end, Member State shall implement measures and use instruments to prevent the generate of packaging waste and provide incentives. The proposal refers for instance to the adoption of waste prevention plan to be adopted by producer responsibility organisation.

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