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Annual Biennial Continuous Event-triggered Monthly One-time Other Quarterly Weekly

Regulation-wide (no rule set) Manufacturers and importers of packaging Economic operators in the packaging supply chain Suppliers of packaging and packaging materials Manufacturers and importers of packaging Manufacturers and importers of packaging Manufacturers and importers of packaging with a plastic part Manufacturers and importers of packaging with a plastic part Manufacturers and importers of packaging formats subject to compostability Manufacturers and importers of packaging Manufacturers and importers of packaging Economic operators filling grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging Economic operators filling sales packaging Economic operators placing restricted packaging formats on the market Economic operators making available or using reusable packaging Economic operators using transport, sales or grouped packaging to transport products Economic operators using transport, sales or grouped packaging to transport products Final distributors with a sales area of more than 100 m² making beverages in sales packaging available to consumers Economic operators subject to re-use targets Economic operators offering the purchase of products through refill Final distributors with a sales area of more than 400 m² Final distributors in the HORECA sector with take-away Final distributors in the HORECA sector with take-away, micro-enterprises excepted Producers within the meaning of extended producer responsibility Online platform providers and fulfilment service providers in distance selling Packaging waste managers Final distributors making beverages in sales packaging available to consumers

Economic operators filling grouped packaging, transport packaging or e-commerce packaging ensure that the empty space ratio does not exceed 50 % (Article 24(1)). Empty space is the difference between the total volume of the grouped, transport or e-commerce packaging and the volume of the sales packaging contained in it; space filled with filling material such as paper, air cushions, bubble wrap, foam, wood wool or polystyrene chips counts as empty space (Article 24(3)). The calculation methodology is to be set by the Commission by 12 February 2028 in an implementing act (Article 24(2)). Operators using sales packaging as e-commerce packaging or as reusable packaging within a re-use system are exempt under Article 24(5) but must comply with the minimisation requirements of Article 10.

Wirtschaftsakteure, die Umverpackungen, Transportverpackungen oder Verpackungen für den elektronischen Handel befüllen, stellen sicher, dass das Leerraumverhältnis höchstens 50 % beträgt (Artikel 24 Absatz 1). Leerraum ist die Differenz zwischen dem Gesamtvolumen der Um-, Transport- oder E-Commerce-Verpackung und dem Volumen der darin enthaltenen Verkaufsverpackungen; Raum, der mit Füllmaterial wie Papier, Luftpolstern, Luftpolsterfolie, Schaumstoff, Holzwolle oder Styropor-Chips befüllt ist, zählt als Leerraum (Artikel 24 Absatz 3). Die Berechnungsmethode legt die Kommission bis zum 12. Februar 2028 durch Durchführungsrechtsakt fest (Artikel 24 Absatz 2). Wer Verkaufsverpackungen als E-Commerce-Verpackung oder als wiederverwendbare Verpackung innerhalb eines Wiederverwendungssystems einsetzt, ist nach Artikel 24 Absatz 5 von dieser Pflicht ausgenommen, muss aber die Minimierungsanforderungen des Artikels 10 einhalten.

All grouped packaging, transport packaging and e-commerce packaging the company fills.

Alle Umverpackungen, Transportverpackungen und Verpackungen für den elektronischen Handel, die das Unternehmen befüllt.

Shipping and packaging planning of the economic operator doing the filling.

Versand und Verpackungsplanung des befüllenden Wirtschaftsakteurs.

Calculation of the empty space ratio per shipping unit under the methodology of the implementing act to Article 24(2), counting filling material as empty space.

Berechnung des Leerraumverhältnisses je Versandeinheit nach der Methode des Durchführungsrechtsakts zu Artikel 24 Absatz 2, Füllmaterial als Leerraum gerechnet.