Recital 121

(121) It should be possible for Member States to achieve the waste prevention targets by economic instruments and other measures to provide incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy, including measures to be implemented through extended producer responsibility schemes, by promoting the setting up and effective operation of re-use systems and by encouraging economic operators to offer end users further possibilities to refill. Such measures should be adopted in parallel and in addition to other measures under this Regulation that aim to reduce packaging and packaging waste, such as requirements on packaging minimisation, re-use targets and refill obligations, volume thresholds and measures to achieve the sustained reduction in the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags. It should be possible for Member States, while observing the general rules laid down in the TFEU and acting in accordance with this Regulation, to adopt provisions which go beyond the minimum waste prevention targets set out in this Regulation. When implementing such measures, Member States should be aware of the risk of a shift from heavier to lighter packaging materials and should prioritise measures that minimise that risk.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.