AT2025/0436/AT
Packaging Classification Ordinance [Verpackungsabgrenzungsverordnung], Amendment 2025
- Jurisdiction:
- Austria
- Type:
- EPR · Labeling
- Last action:
- Aug 11, 2025
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Amendment extends Austria's household/commercial packaging-classification system (a cost-allocation mechanism integral to EPR implementation) for four additional years and aligns with EU Packaging Regulation 2025/40, which explicitly permits member states to maintain dual-stream systems; classification precision directly supports producer-responsibility cost assignment and waste-stream management.
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TRIS notification 2025/0436/AT — draft technical regulation notified under Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (not yet adopted) Packaging Classification Ordinance [Verpackungsabgrenzungsverordnung], Amendment 2025 End of standstill: 2025-11-12 1. MSG 001 IND 2025 0436 AT EN 11-08-2025 AT NOTIF 2. Austria 4. 2025/0436/AT - S10E - Packaging 5. Packaging Classification Ordinance [Verpackungsabgrenzungsverordnung], Amendment 2025 6. Packaging 7. Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste The underlying regulation regulates the distinction between household and commercial packaging. 8. In 2015, the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management adopted the Packaging Classification Ordinance, which enabled corrections to be made to the packaging allocations for households on the one hand, and for commercial enterprises on the other. This Regulation is currently limited in time until the end of 2025 and is to be extended for an additional four years (until the end of 2029). 9. The most exact possible classification of household packaging and commercial packaging is necessary in order to be able to correctly allocate the respective costs of collection and recycling. The requirements of this regulation have proven their worth, with no major changes evident. The EU Packaging Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904 and repealing Directive 94/62/EC) also allows Member States to maintain the household/commercial distinction after its date of application on 12 August 2026. (see also Recital 120: “Member States that have set up different systems for the management of packaging waste from households on the one hand, and packaging waste from industrial and commerce settings on the other should be able to maintain their specific system.”). 10. Reference to the basic texts: 2014/0476/A,2020/0601/A Basic texts have been forwarded under a previous notification: 2014/0476/A 2020/0601/A 11. No 12. 13. No 14. No 15. Yes 16. TBT aspects: No SPS aspects: No
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