European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste Basic information Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: December 31, 1994 Entry into force - Date pub. See Art 24 June 30, 1996 Partial application - See Art 23 Date of transposition: Modified by Modified by: Amendment proposed by: All documents based on this document: Derogated in: undefined 1999/177/EC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1999 establishing the conditions for a derogation for plastic crates and plastic pallets in relation to the heavy metal concentration levels established in Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(1999) 246) (Text with EEA relevance) undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined undefined 1999/42/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1998 confirming the measures notified by Austria pursuant to Article 6(6) of Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste (notified under document number C(1998) 3940) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) undefined undefined undefined Modifies Repeal: Affected by case Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 15 March 2018. SC Cali Esprou SRL v Administraţia Fondului pentru Mediu. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Piteşti. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 94/62/EC — Packaging and packaging waste — Recovery and recycling of waste — National environmental fund contribution — National marketing of packaged products and their packaging, without alteration — ‘Polluter-pays’ principle — Status of polluter. Case C-104/17. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 19 June 2003. The Queen, on the application of Mayer Parry Recycling Ltd, v Environment Agency and Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and Corus (UK) Ltd and Allied Steel and Wire Ltd (ASW). Reference for a preliminary ruling: High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) - United Kingdom. Directive 75/442/EEC, as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC and Decision 96/350/EC - Directive 94/62/EC - Concept of waste - Concept of recycling - Processing of metal packaging waste. Case C-444/00. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004. Plato Plastik Robert Frank GmbH v Caropack Handelsgesellschaft mbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landesgericht Korneuburg - Austria. Directive 94/62/EC - Packaging and waste packaging - Plastic carrier bags - National legislation on the collection and recovery of used packaging and packaging waste - Collection and recovery of used packaging and packaging waste - Obligation to use an authorised undertaking or to organise a collection system - Admissibility. Case C-341/01. Order of the Court (Third Chamber) of 16 February 2006. Plato Plastik Robert Frank GmbH v Caropack Handelsgesellschaft mbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Landesgericht Korneuburg - Austria. Second paragraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 94/62/EC - Packaging and packaging waste - Concepts of producer of packaging and producer of packaging materials - producer of plastic carrier bags. Case C-26/05. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 December 2023. Papier Mettler Italia S.r.l. v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Approximation of laws – Environment – Directive 94/62/EC – Packaging and packaging waste – Directive 98/34/EC – Information procedure in the field of technical standards and regulations and of rules on Information Society services – Obligation on the Member States to notify the European Commission of any draft technical regulation – National legislation containing stricter technical rules than those laid down by EU legislation. Case C-86/22. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 12 November 2015. Valev Visnapuu v Kihlakunnansyyttäjä (Helsinki) and Suomen valtio - Tullihallitus. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Helsingin hovioikeus. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Articles 34 TFEU and 110 TFEU — Directive 94/62/EC — Articles 1(1), 7 and 15 — Distance selling and transport of alcoholic beverages from another Member State — Excise duty on certain beverage packaging — Exemption where packaging is integrated into a deposit and return system — Articles 34 TFEU, 36 TFEU and 37 TFEU — Requirement of a licence for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages — Monopoly on the retail sale of alcoholic beverages — Justification — Protection of health. Case C-198/14. Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 10 November 2016. Eco-Emballages SA and Others v Sphère France SAS and Others and Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministre de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de lʼÉnergie. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Paris and the Conseil d'État. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Environment — Directive 94/62/EC — Article 3 — Packaging and packaging waste — Definition — Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material is wound (‘Roll cores’) — Directive 2013/2/EU — Validity — Amendment by the European Commission of the list of examples of packaging set out in Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC — Misinterpretation of the term ‘packaging’ — Misuse of implementing powers. Joined Cases C-313/15 and C-530/15. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 14 December 2004. Radlberger Getränkegesellschaft mbH & Co. and S. Spitz KG v Land Baden-Württemberg. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart - Germany. Environment - Free movement of goods - Packaging and packaging waste - Directive 94/62/EC - Deposit and return obligations for non-reusable packaging that depend on the overall percentage of reusable packaging. Case C-309/02. Case C-86/22: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale per il Lazio (Italy) lodged on 9 February 2022 — Papier Mettler Italia S.r.l. v Ministero della Transizione Ecologica (formerly the Ministero dell’Ambiente e della Tutela del Territorio e del Mare), Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico annex II point 3 article 1 article 9 article 1 article 18 article 16 paragraph 1 annex II point 1 article 2 annex II point 2 Case C-530/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Conseil d’État (France) lodged on 8 October 2015 — Melitta France SAS and Others v Ministère de l’Écologie, du Développement durable et de l'Énergie Case C-104/17: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Pitești (Romania) lodged on 27 February 2017 — SC Cali Esprou SRL v Administrația Fondului pentru Mediu Case C-313/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de commerce de Paris (France) lodged on 25 June 2015 — Eco-Emballages SA v Sphère France SAS, Schweitzer SAS, Carrefour Import SAS, Tissue France SCA, SCA Hygiène Products SAS, WEPA Troyes SAS, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti SpA, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti Ibérica, SL, Kimberly-Clark SAS, Gopack SAS, Delipapier, CMC France SARL, Paul Hartmann SA, Wepa Lille SAS, Industrie Cartarie Tronchetti France SAS, Melitta France SAS, Cofresco Frischhalteprodukte GmbH & Co. KG, Scamark SAS, Système U Centrale Nationale SAS Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PART FIVE: INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY TITLE I: PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS CHAPTER 2: PROVISIONS COMMON TO SEVERAL INSTITUTIONS ARTICLE 189B TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY TITLE V : COMMON RULES ON COMPETITION TAXATION AND APPROXIMATION OF LAWS CHAPITRE 3 : APPROXIMATIONS OF LAWS ARTICLE 100A EuroVoc Vocabulary Waste Approximation of laws Prevention of pollution Other sectors for approximation of laws Packaging product Technical barriers Waste recycling Environmental standard Heavy metal Approximation of laws Waste management and clean technology Internal market - Principles Environment