§17 Scope of the packaging bans in Article 25 and Annex V, points 1–4, as regards plastic content

Legal provisions: According to Article 25(1) ‘From 1 January 2030, economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the uses listed in Annex V.’ Annex V, points 1–4, restricts the use of single use plastic packaging for different packaging applications. 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