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The measures to be established by Member States in accordance with paragraph 2 shall include measures ensuring that: (a) the requirements laid down in Article 8a(3), points (a) to (d), of Directive 2008/98/EC are complied with; (b) the measures put in place or paid for by the producer or producer responsibility organisation are sufficient to allow for the return and waste management of all packaging waste in accordance with Article 48(1) and (5) and Article 50, free of charge for consumers, with a frequency proportionate to the area and volume of packaging waste covered with regard to the quantity and types of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, made available for the first time on the territory of a Member State by that producer or producers on whose behalf the producer responsibility organisation acts, or packaging unpacked by such producer or producers without being end users; (c) the necessary arrangements, including preliminary arrangements, to that end are in place with distributors, public authorities or third parties carrying out waste management on their behalf; (d) the necessary sorting and recycling capacity is available to ensure that packaging waste collected is subsequently subject to preliminary treatment and high-quality recycling; (e) the requirement laid down in paragraph 6 of this Article is complied with.

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