§20 Responsible economic operator for the re-use targets on transport packaging

Legal provisions: Article 29(1): ‘From 1 January 2030, economic operators that use transport packaging, or sales packaging used for transporting products, including for products distributed via e-commerce, within the territory of the Union, in the form of pallets, foldable-plastic boxes, boxes, trays, plastic crates, intermediate bulk containers, pails, drums and canisters of any size or material, including flexible formats or pallet wrappings or straps for stabilisation and protection of products put on pallets during transport, shall ensure that at least 40 % of such packaging in total is reusable packaging within a re-use system. From 1 January 2040, those economic operators shall endeavour to use at least 70 % of the packaging referred to in the first subparagraph in a reusable format within a re-use system.’ Commission’s interpretation: The transport packaging re-use targets are set at the level of economic operators who use transport packaging or sales packaging used for transporting. Therefore, the re-use targets fall on the user of transport packaging, or user of sales packaging used for transport. The user of transport packaging or the user of sales packaging used for transport, is the economic operator that places a product on the Union market in a relevant transport packaging, be it as a manufacturer, importer or distributor.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07