Source: European Parliament
16.10.2024
Question for written answer E-002118/2024
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Schneider (PPE)
The reuse quotas for industrial and commercial transport and sales packaging introduced on 24 April 2024 as part of the trilogue negotiations on the EU Packaging Regulation raise major legal and practical questions. Extensive reuse quotas have been stipulated in Article 29(1) to (3), though no comprehensive scientific analysis or impact assessment has been carried out. The provisions on reuse quotas in Article 29(2) and (3) go against the principles of the internal market, disadvantaging SMEs vis-à-vis large, globally operating concerns. For some types of sales packaging, in addition, there are no practical reuse solutions for securing loads or for transporting products.
- 1.Is the Commission aware of the above problems?
- 2.Does the Commission intend to conduct a scientific analysis and impact assessment in order to verify the impact of the extended reuse rates?
- 3.Commissioner Sinkevičius pledged that there would be a delegated act exempting pallet wrappings and straps from the reuse quotas. When will it be adopted?
Submitted: 16.10.2024