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PPWR — Article 32

The article's text

Article 32 Refill obligation for the takeaway sector 1. By 12 February 2027: (a) final distributors that conduct their business activity in the HORECA sector and that make available on the territory of a Member State hot or cold beverages in take-away packaging shall provide a system for consumers to bring their own container to be filled; (b) final distributors that conduct their business activity in the HORECA sector and that make available on the territory of a Member State ready-prepared food in take-away packaging shall provide a system for consumers to bring their own container to be filled. 2. Where consumers bring their own container to be filled, final distributors as referred to in paragraph 1 shall offer them the products at no higher cost and under no less favourable conditions than when selling the sales unit consisting of the same product and single-use packaging. Final distributors shall inform consumers at the point of sale, through clearly visible and legible information boards or signs, about the possibility of obtaining the products in a refillable container provided by the consumer.

What it demands, and from when

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2027-02-12

Who tried to change it in committee

Committee-stage amendments targeting exactly this article, by political group. Justifications verbatim, in the authors' own words.

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Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 1 amendments targeting this article.

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.

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Confederation of Swedish EnterpriseSEsured that the require- ments are set at realistic limits for the industry sectors concerned. Chapter 6 - Conformity of packaging Article 32 - Common technical specifications The European Commission proposes, in Article 32(2), that ‘common specifications’ may ↗
Genossenschaft Deutscher Brunnen eGDEndards („Good Manufacturing Practice“-Standards) etabliert. • Die Einführung einer zusätzlichen Normebene, wie sie in Art. 30 und Art. 32 vorgesehen ist, führt zu zusätzlichen Kosten ohne zusätzliche Vorteile zu bieten. ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 2 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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