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The Commission shall, as soon as possible and no later than 30 June 2005, present a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the progress of the implementation of this Directive and its impact on the environment, as well as on the functioning of the internal market. The report shall take into account individual circumstances in each Member State. It shall cover the following: an evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and enforcement of the essential requirements; additional prevention measures to reduce the environmental impact of packaging as far as possible without compromising its essential functions; the possible development of a packaging environment indicator to render packaging waste prevention simpler and more effective; packaging waste prevention plans; encouragement of reuse and, in particular, comparison of the costs and benefits of reuse and those of recycling; producer responsibility including its financial aspects; efforts to reduce further and, if appropriate, ultimately phase out heavy metals and other hazardous substances in packaging by 2010. This report shall, as appropriate, be accompanied by proposals for revision of the related provisions of this Directive, unless such proposals have, by that time, been presented.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-22 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.