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Member States may exempt economic operators for a period of 5 years from the obligations under this Article under the following conditions: (a) the exempting Member State reaches 5 percentage points above the targets for recycling of packaging waste per material to be achieved by 2025 and is expected to reach 5 percentage points above the 2030 target according to the report published by the Commission 3 years before that date; (b) the exempting Member State is on track to achieve the relevant waste prevention targets set out in Article 43 and can demonstrate to have reduced the packaging waste generated per capita by at least 3 % by 2028 compared to the packaging waste generated per capita in 2018; and (c) the economic operators have adopted a corporate waste prevention and recycling plan that contributes to achieving the waste prevention and recycling objectives set out in Articles 43 and 52, respectively. That period of 5 years may be renewed by the Member State provided that all the conditions are fulfilled.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26