Draft Law amending Articles 2, 6, 7, 7-1, 7-2, 10 and 11-2 of Law No IX-517 on the management of packaging and packaging waste and supplementing the Law with Article 10-1 and amending Law No VIII-787 on the waste management of the Republic of Lithuania

TRIS notification 2024/0104/LT — draft technical regulation notified under Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (not yet adopted)

Draft Law amending Articles 2, 6, 7, 7-1, 7-2, 10 and 11-2 of Law No IX-517 on the management of packaging and packaging waste and supplementing the Law with Article 10-1 and amending Law No VIII-787 on the waste management of the Republic of Lithuania

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1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0104 LT EN 27-02-2024 LT NOTIF
2. Lithuania
4. 2024/0104/LT - S10E - Packaging
5. Draft Law amending Articles 2, 6, 7, 7-1, 7-2, 10 and 11-2 of Law No IX-517 on the management of packaging and packaging waste and supplementing the Law with Article 10-1 and amending Law No VIII-787 on the waste management of the Republic of Lithuania
6. Keywords: extended producer responsibility scheme, secondary raw materials
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8. The draft Law amending Articles 2, 6, 7, 7-1, 7-2, 10 and 11-2 of Law No IX-517 on the management of packaging and packaging waste and supplementing the Law with Article 10-1 and amending Law No VIII-787 on the waste management of the Republic of Lithuania the corresponding proposed provisions are intended to establish a regulation which expressly provides that the financing of the management of packaging waste and other secondary raw materials collected together with packaging waste in municipal waste management systems organised by municipalities must be the responsibility of producers and importers placing packaged products on the Lithuanian market through licensed producer and importer organisations. This obligation consists of:
1) reimbursement of the costs of separate collection, transport, preparation for recovery, including pre-treatment, of packaging waste and other secondary raw materials collected together with packaging waste in municipal waste management systems organised by municipalities;
2) financing of the infrastructure of the separate collection system, its installation, maintenance, renewal, development and the provision of separate collection and transport services, as well as the administration of such services and activities, of packaging waste generated in the municipal waste stream and other secondary raw materials collected together with packaging waste in municipal waste management systems organised by municipalities.
The order of the Minister of the Environment will approve a list of packaging waste and other secondary raw materials which will be collected by separate collection together with packaging waste in municipal waste management systems organised by municipalities, to be followed by all interested parties, including municipalities and organisations of producers and importers placing packaged products on the Lithuanian market.
9. The amendments proposed in the draft laws concerning the obligation for producers and importers placing packaged products on the Lithuanian market, through licensed producer and importer organisations which collectively organise the management of packaging waste, to finance not only packaging waste but also the management of other secondary raw materials collected together with packaging waste in municipal waste management systems organised by municipalities are aimed at preventing disagreements between municipalities and producer and importer organisations, by whom and to what extent to finance the management of packaging waste and secondary raw materials collected in the same municipal waste collection measures (sorting containers) or other waste found in those measures, producers and importers placing packaged products on the Lithuanian market must finance the management of packaging waste found in the mixed municipal waste stream, etc. Such disagreements stem from the specificities of the distribution of residential housing types and the organisation of municipal waste management systems: In 2021, about 58% of the Lithuanian population lived in multi-apartment buildings; residents of multi-apartment buildings use collective (common) municipal waste collection containers; when residents use collective (common) municipal waste collection containers, it is difficult to ensure a good quality of sorting and to provide preventive and dissuasive measures to discourage inappropriate behaviour (in this case, inappropriate sorting), as the identifying of unsuitable waste (e.g. mixed municipal waste) being disposed of in collective (common) containers makes the limited possibilities of the identification of the residents who are inappropriately sorting, and the imposition of administrative sanctions.
10. References of the Basic Texts: No Basic Text exists
11. No
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13. No
14. No
15. Yes
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TBT aspects: No
SPS aspects: No