Where an adjusted recycling target is claimed for re-use, calculate it by subtracting the three-year average share of reusable sales packaging, capped at five percentage points, and account separately for wooden packaging repaired for re-use.
Member States claiming a re-use adjustment must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 54, in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: From 12 August 2026 (Art. 71). as of 2026-08-18
- It names one industry by name: Waste. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by reporting to the Commission under Art. 56, annual. as of 2026-08-18
What changes
Carried over from 94/62/EC Art. 6a with no change of substance. Recorded because it is the mechanism by which a Member State's headline recycling obligation can legitimately fall.
Prior rule vs new rule
a decision to achieve an adjusted target level for reusable sales packaging
The same adjustment existed, on the same three-year average and the same five-percentage-point cap, against the targets in Art. 6(1)(f) to (i).
a decision to achieve an adjusted target level for reusable sales packaging
Unchanged in substance: three-year average share of reusable sales packaging subtracted from the Art. 52(1) targets, capped at five percentage points, with a separate limb for wooden packaging repaired for re-use.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Binds a Member State, not a company by size.
Source text
A Member State may decide to achieve an adjusted level of the targets set out in Article 52(1) for a given year by taking into account the average share, in the preceding 3 years, of reusable sales packaging placed on the market for the first time and re-used within a re-use system.
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