EU: Instead of 27 registrations, just one: Federal government wants to relax packaging regulations
The EU Commission wanted to reduce packaging waste with the new law. However, retailers criticized the high bureaucratic burden. Now, there are to be exceptions.
The German government has proposed changes to the EU's Packaging Regulation to alleviate bureaucratic burdens on small businesses. The proposal, submitted to other EU member states, suggests exempting small manufacturers and introducing a central register to replace 27 individual registers. This would allow companies to register packaging only once across the EU, rather than in each member state.
The changes aim to support small businesses, including online retailers, which had warned that the current regulations could force them to stop shipping abroad. The proposed amendments are expected to be included in the EU's planned Entbürokratisierungsgesetz, or Environmental Omnibus Act.
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