Calculate achievement of each re-use target separately, in equivalent units of the listed formats for transport and grouped packaging, and in sales units or volume of beverages for the final-distributor targets.
Economic operators and final distributors subject to the Art. 29 targets must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 30(1) and (2), in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: From 1 January 2030 (Art. 29). as of 2026-08-18
- It names 2 industries by name: Retail and Food and drink. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by competent authority, annual, per calendar year. as of 2026-08-18
What changes
Everyone inside an Art. 29 target. The counting unit differs by target, so an operator caught by several of them runs several parallel calculations.
The rule
demonstrating achievement of an Art. 29 or Art. 33 target
Calculate achievement of each re-use target separately, in equivalent units of the listed formats for transport and grouped packaging, and in sales units or volume of beverages for the final-distributor targets.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Follows the carve-outs on the underlying targets.
Source text
For the purpose of demonstrating the achievement of the targets set out in Article 29(1) and (5), the economic operator using the packaging shall calculate, for each target separately, the following: (a) the number of equivalent units of any of the packaging formats listed in Article 29(1) or (5), as applicable, constituting reusable packaging within a re-use system that it used in a calendar year; (b) the number of equivalent units of any of the packaging formats listed in Article 29(1) or (5), as applicable, other than those indicated in point (a) of this paragraph, that it used in a calendar year. 2. For the purpose of demonstrating the achievement of the targets set out in Article 29(6) and Article 33, the final distributor making available such products to consumers on the territory of a Member State shall calculate, for each target separately, the following: (a) the total number of sales units or total volume of beverages in reusable packaging within a re-use system made available on the territory of a Member State in a calendar year; (b) the total number of sales units or total volume of beverages made available on the territory of a Member State in packaging other than that referred to in point (a) in a calendar year.
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