Commission’s interpretation:

Packaging bans under points 1–4 of Annex V do not cover only items that are made of 100 % plastic material. Such an interpretation could lead to situations, where adding any insignificant amount of material other than plastic, would exclude packaging from the ban. Therefore, in the absence of a definition of ‘single-use plastic packaging’, it should be considered that composite packaging, including paper-based packaging containing 5 % or more plastic, is covered by the packaging bans in Article 25 and Annex V, points 1– 4 of this Regulation. Packaging containing not more than 5 % of plastic is thus not covered by this ban.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.