The Ordinance aims to reduce and manage packaging waste by promoting reuse, ensuring proper collection and recycling, and setting heavy metal limits. The ordinance prohibits the marketing of packaging that exceeds certain heavy metal concentration limits, aiming to reduce environmental and health risks. It applies to all packaging introduced into the Austrian market, covering both household and commercial waste. The regulation mandates producers and distributors to participate in authorized recycling systems and take responsibility for packaging disposal. Amendments have aligned it with EU directives and introduced competition in waste management. Overall, the ordinance establishes a structured framework to minimize environmental impact and enhance resource efficiency. The text consists of 26 Articles and 6 Appendixes and provides for responsibilities for household packaging; requirements for industrial packaging; duties of self-importers; and provisions relating to final consumers.
The present Ordinance obliges producers of packaging material to either take back and recycle/reuse packaging or deliver it to their retailers or to take part in a collection and recovery system. Special rules apply to major accumulation points and smaller deliverers. The text consists of 26 articles divided into 6 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Responsibilities for household packaging (2); Requirements for industrial packaging (3); Duties of self-importers (4); Disposable tableware (
Consolidated version of the Ordinance as of 2023 (BGBl. II Nr. 284/2023).
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Packaging Ordinance 2014 (Verpackungsverordnung 2014).
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Austria
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Reglamento
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