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

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 sales packaging ensure, by 12 February 2028, that empty space is limited to the minimum necessary for the packaging functions, including product protection. Here, empty space is the difference between the total internal volume of the sales packaging and the volume of the packaged product; filling material again counts as empty space. For products that settle during transport or whose fill level varies for production reasons, Article 24(4) provides for a specific assessment. The requirement complements rather than replaces the minimisation duty under Article 10.

Wirtschaftsakteure, die Verkaufsverpackungen befüllen, stellen bis zum 12. Februar 2028 sicher, dass der Leerraum auf das für die Verpackungsfunktionen einschließlich des Produktschutzes erforderliche Mindestmaß beschränkt ist. Leerraum ist hier die Differenz zwischen dem inneren Gesamtvolumen der Verkaufsverpackung und dem Volumen des verpackten Produkts; auch hier zählt Füllmaterial als Leerraum. Für Produkte, die sich während des Transports setzen oder bei denen die Füllmenge produktionsbedingt schwankt, sieht Artikel 24 Absatz 4 eine besondere Betrachtung vor. Die Anforderung tritt neben, nicht an die Stelle der Minimierungspflicht nach Artikel 10.

All sales packaging the company fills.

Alle Verkaufsverpackungen, die das Unternehmen befüllt.

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

Produktion und Verpackungsplanung des befüllenden Wirtschaftsakteurs.

Comparison of the total internal volume of the sales packaging with the product volume per item, counting filling material as empty space.

Vergleich des inneren Gesamtvolumens der Verkaufsverpackung mit dem Produktvolumen je Artikel, Füllmaterial als Leerraum gerechnet.