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Labelling of packaging ARTICLE 12
(1) ... packaging placed on the market shall be marked with a harmonised
label containing information on its material composition in order to
facilitate consumer sorting. The label shall be based on pictograms and be
easily understandable. With the exception of e-commerce packaging, this
obligation does not apply to transport packaging or to packaging that is
subject to a deposit and return system.
In addition to the harmonised label, economic operators may place a QR
code on the packaging that contains information on the destination of each
separate component of the packaging in order to facilitate consumer sorting.
Packaging that is subject to deposit and return systems shall be clearly marked.
(2) Reusable packaging shall bear a label informing users that the
packaging is reusable. Further information on reusability shall be made
available through a QR code or other type of standardised, open, digital
data carrier that facilitates the tracking of the packaging and the calculation
of trips and rotations or, if that calculation is not feasible, an average
estimation. In addition, reusable sales packaging shall be clearly identified
and distinguished from single-use packaging at the point of sale.
(3) the requirement to bear a label and a QR code or other type of
standardised, open, digital data carrier shall not apply to open loop systems
which do not have a system operator (manages a system for re-use).
(9) By 12 February 2027, packaging included in an extended producer
responsibility scheme may be identified throughout the territory of the
Member States in which that scheme or system applies. Such identification
shall be achieved only by means of a corresponding symbol in a QR code or
other standardised, open, digital-marking technology in order to indicate that
the producer fulfils its extended producer responsibility obligations.
This means that from February 2027, the Green Dot symbol will need to
be integrated into a QR code that contains additional information on the
packaging such as sorting etc. This means that from February 2027, the
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