EU PPWR FAQs Updated August 2026 - Flipbook - Page 52
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Beverages which are highly perishable within the meaning of Article 24 of Regulation
(EU) No 1169/201125.
Milk and milk products listed in Part XVI of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1308/201326
and their dairy analogies falling within codes 2202 99 11 and 2202 99 15 of the Combined
Nomenclature (CN) in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/8727. Categories of
grapevine products listed in points 1, 3 to 9, 11, 12, 15, 16 and 17 of Part II of Annex
VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.Aromatised wine products as defined in Regulation
13) Can Member States set national reuse targets for beverages?
By 2030, Member States shall fulfil the waste prevention targets specified in Article 43(1). Member
States may need to complement the harmonised EU measures with national measures, as specified
in Article 51(2)(c). Member States may increase the harmonised reuse targets set forth in Article
29(6) or set reuse targets for other beverages. This may include beverages that are expressively
exempted under Article 29(7).
To implement national reuse targets, a Member State needs to prove that this is necessary to meet
the waste prevention targets, so as to avoid compromising the objective of market harmonisation.
The targets will need to be notified to the Commission via the TRIS procedure, since such measures
are technical regulations.
Member States can keep existing national reuse obligations in force until 1 January 2030, but from
this date onwards the reuse targets in the PPWR will prevail. For further information on under what
conditions that Member States can set national reuse targets, please consult the Commission
guidance document.
14) Are operators of restaurants or bars covered by the 10% reuse obligation set on
beverages?
All final distributors, including the ones in the HORECA sector, are obliged to fulfil the reuse
targets for beverages provided for in Article 29. However, to minimise burdens on smaller
businesses, final distributors with a sales area of less than 100 m2 are exempted from this obligation
by Article 29(6). Final distributors which make less than 1000 kg of packaging available on the
territory of the Member State per year and fall under the definition of a micro-enterprise, are also
exempted from the reuse target for beverages by Article 29(13)(a).
15) Is single use beverage packaging exempted from the reuse targets for beverages if it
is part of a deposit and return system?
The obligation to fulfil the reuse targets for beverages in Article 29(6) applies to final distributors
such as retailers and restaurants.
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Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision
of food information to consumers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1924/2006 and (EC) No 1925/2006 of the
European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Commission Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive
90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC and Commission Regulation (EC) No 608/2004 (OJ
L 304 22.11.2011, p. 18)
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Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 establishing a
common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72,
(EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, pp. 6713854)
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Regulation (EU) 2018/196 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 February 2018 on additional customs
duties on imports of certain products originating in the United States of America ((OJ L 044 16.2.2018, p. 1)
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