PPWR — Article 33

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Article 33
Re-use offer obligation for the take-away sector
1. By 12 February 2028, 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 or ready-prepared food in take-away packaging shall give consumers the option of obtaining the products in re-useable packaging within a system for re-use.
2. 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 reusable packaging.
3. Final distributors shall offer the products filled in reusable packaging at no higher cost and under no less favourable conditions than a sales unit consisting of the same product and single-use packaging.
cost and under no less favourable conditions than a sales unit consisting of the same product and single-use packaging.
4. Final distributors shall be exempt from the application of this Article if they fall within the definition of a micro-enterprise set out in Recommendation 2003/361/EC as applicable on 11 February 2025.
5. From 2030, final distributors shall endeavour to offer 10 % offull text products for sale in a reusable packaging format.
6. Under the conditions set out in Article 51, Member States may set targets for economic operators that go beyond the minimum target set out in paragraph 5 of this Article to the extent that higher targets are necessary for the Member State to achieve one or more of the targets set out in Article 43.
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What it demands, and from when

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2028-02-12

Who tried to change it in committee

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

Group	Amendments
PPE	2
S&D	2

Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 3 amendments targeting this article.

Jessica Polfjärd, Henna Virkkunen — Article 33 – paragraph 1
There is no reason to assess all types of packaging if similar ones can be assessed as a group. This is in line with the goal of this provision while ensuring proportionality.

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.

business association

Who	Country	What they wrote
HPE -Bundesverband Holzpackmittel, Paletten, Exportverpackung e.V.	DE	uf die Herstellerpflichten bei Konformitätsbewertungsverfahren oder der Erstellung von technischen Unterlagen oder Anderem, gemäß Artikel 33 ff. Dies wäre für die in der Industrie verbreiteten Individuallösungen mit kleinen Losgrößen oder Stückzahlen, insbeson ↗
EsPlásticos	ES	e and refill of packaging, and where necessary present a legislative proposal. In order to assure the industry has time to adapt. Article 33 Conformity assessment procedure Article 33, paragraph 2 (new) ↗
The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA)	JP	out the relevant conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 33 and to provide the technical documentation. 4. Article 6 (Recyclable packaging) In order to sufficiently protect from damage during the transport process, specialized packaging and cush ↗
ATLA	FR	emballage pour la mise en rayon ou pour la production sur ligne doivent également être prises en compte (annexe IV). Annexe VII / article 33 : les entreprises font face à un risque de lourdeur administrative dans le cadre de l’« évaluation de conformité des em ↗
Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)	BE	lternatives. The reuse and refill targets should, therefore, only be considered when it makes environmental and ecological sense. Art. 33 Conformity assessment procedure: ➢ The proposed conformity assessment procedure is burdensome for industry, especially for ↗
Polska Federacja Producentów Żywności Związek Pracodawców	PL	ań 1. Proponujemy uściślenie zapisu rozporządzenia, aby wymóg przeprowadzania procedury oceny zgodności opakowań, o której mowa w art. 33, był realizowany przez faktycznego producenta opakowania, a nie przedsiębiorcę wprowadzającego na rynek wyrób w tym opako ↗
ANIA	FR	s de protection sanitaire ou de protection contre la casse sont différentes pour chacun des produits. S’agissant de l’annexe VII (article 33), les entreprises font face à un risque de lourdeur administrative dans le cadre de l’« évaluation de conformité des em ↗
Japam Machinery Center for Trade and Investment	JP	conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 33 and draw up the technical documentation etc. to be retained 4. Article 6 (Recyclable packaging) ・ In order to sufficiently absorb shocks during the logistic process, specific packaging of cushioning is ↗
EGMF – the European Garden Machinery industry Federation	BE	to receive enough information to address Art.33 of the REACH Regulation18 (for example, SCIP Database19 requirements). ▪ Art.5.2: imposing the limit of the concentration of certain substances (lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium) should be deleted t ↗
CEFS - European Association of Sugar Manufacturers	BE	t on their behalf, the relevant conformity assessment procedure with the requirements set out in Art. 5 to 11 in ac-cordance with Art. 33. Manufacturers are also tasked with draw ing up the technical documenta- tion referred to in Annex VII. In addition , manu ↗
Livsmedelsföretagen	SE	nternal market and avoid diverting national measures to than become obstacle to free movement of goods within the European market.Article 33 & 34 EU Declaration of Conformity It is positive that the EU declaration of conformity is a "self -declaration". In ord ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 11 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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