Committee-stage amendments targeting exactly this article, by political group. Justifications verbatim, in the authors' own words.
| Group | Amendments | |
|---|---|---|
| ID | 36 | |
| PPE | 27 | |
| Renew | 7 | |
| — | 7 | |
| The Left | 6 | |
| ECR | 4 | |
| S&D | 2 | |
| NI | 1 |
Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 27 amendments targeting this article.
Every vote on this article's amendments, from the voting-results minutes. The bar shows the split; hover for exact counts.
| Am | for/against/abstained | LT votes | Groups | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | rejected | 283/332/2 |
Source: the European Parliament's voting-results minutes. n = 1 votes on this article; 'LT votes' is how many Lithuanian members voted for/against in that vote (from roll-call records; not every vote is a roll-call).
Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.
| Who | Country | What they wrote |
|---|---|---|
| IKG crewshop24.com | DE | it is necessary to distinguish between: 1) additional national requirements adopted pursuant to Article 4(3) and 2) additional national requirements explicitly allowed in specific articles of the PPWR. In the case under point 1), fines are not allowed as they ↗ |
| CNSBII - Corpo Nazionale delle Sentinelle dei Bacini idrografici Italiani | IT | cuna tecnologia di riciclaggio su scala industriale che consenta di fabbricare tale polimero conformemente ai processi di cui all'articolo 4, paragrafo 3, di detto regolamento». Infine, entro il 1o gennaio 2028, la Commissione valuterà la necessità di conceder ↗ |
| Zaiser Art GbR | DE | igen Zustands, in dem regelkonforme Unternehmen zahlen und schließen, während Nichtbefolgung folgenlos bleibt. Die PPWR soll laut Artikel 4 den Binnenmarkt für Verpackungen vollenden. Für uns hat ihr Registrierungsrahmen ihn am 12.08.2026 in 13 Ländern beendet ↗ |
| — | ML | cognises that micro-enterprises should not carry disproportionate obligations. It exempts them from technical documentation under Article 4 and then hands them the full EPR registration and representation burden anyway. That is incoherent. If the intention was ↗ |
| E.I. AURORE SARRAZIN | FR | (UE) 2025/40 du 19 décembre 2024 (JO L, 2025/40, 22.1.2025), version française : article 3 §1 pt 13, 15, 20, 23 (p. 32- 33) · article 4 (p. 37) · article 15 §12 (p. 52) · article 17 (p. 52-53) · article 21 (p. 55) · article 29 §13 (p. 61) · article 44 §1, §2, ↗ |
| Ecommerce business | DE | with the PPWR's purpose. The Regulation is based on Article 114 TFEU and seeks to improve the functioning of the internal market. Article 4 protects the free movement of compliant packaging. Yet Articles 4447 preserve a system in which a business faces separat ↗ |
| BDE Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungs-, Wasser- und Kreislaufwirtschaft | DE | cedence over recycling. However, this principle must be applied in a differentiated and evidence-based manner, as provided for in Article 4 (2) of the Waste Framework Directive, which states that, when applying the waste hierachy, Member States shall take meas ↗ |
| KUNSTSTOFF.Swiss - Swiss Plastics Association | CH | Verpackungen bei der Implementa3on der Wiederverwendungsvorgaben vor. Dies folgt auch aus der Anwendung der Abfallhierarchie nach Art. 4 Abs. 2 EU- Abfallrahmenrichtlinie (2008/98), wonach derjenigen Maßnahme der Vorrang eingeräumt wird, die „insgesamt das bes ↗ |
| IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen | DE | 5(4) TEU) and the principle of objective impossibility. This also follows from the application of the waste hierarchy pursuant to Article 4(2) of the EU Waste Framework Directive (2008/98), according to which priority is given to the measure that ‘deliver the ↗ |
| NRK Verpakkingen | NL | (artikel 5, lid 4, VEU) en het beginsel van objectieve onmogelijkheid. Dit volgt ook uit de toepassing van de afvalhiërarchie van artikel 4, lid 2, van de Kaderrichtlijn afvalstoffen (2008/98/EG), die voorschrijft dat voorrang wordt gegeven aan maatregelen die ↗ |
| Gemeinschaft Papiersackindustrie e.V. | DE | obliga tions would compromise hygiene, food safety and achieving the best overall envi- ronmental outcome in line with EC 2008/98 article 4 paragraph 2. (d) evidence that the obligations in para- graphs 1 - 13 are environmentally beneficia safe and economicall ↗ |
| Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE) | BE | es should not be allowed to introduce further labelling requirements for the purpose of identifying EPR schemes, as prescribed in Art. 4(5) and Art. 11(8), and that Art. 11(7) should explicitly prevent the introduction of requirements on packaging sustainabili ↗ |
| Fachvereinigung Hartpapierwaren und Rundgefäße (FHR) | DE | the objectives of the PPWR. Establishment of a standard Europe wide approach to dealing with packaging waste (Art. 4) The harmonisation to be achieved by moving from a directive to a regulation must not be thwarted by allowing Member States to go beyond the re ↗ |
| IKEM - Innovation and Chemical Industries in Sweden | SE | mental objectives of the regulation. Below are comments on selected articles with particular importance for our member companies. Article 4 - Free movement Article 4(4) opens the possibility of specific national solutions and requirements. IKEM considers that ↗ |
| Technology Industries of Finland | FI | ntal impacts of packaging. This would also be in alignment with the objectives of the Waste Hierarchy whose principles note that (Article 4) “the options that deliver the best overall environmental outcome” should be chosen and that “this may require specific ↗ |
| GROW International | FR | es should not be allowed to introduce further labelling requirements for the purpose of identifying EPR schemes, as prescribed in Art. 4 (5) and Art. 11 (8), and Art. ↗ |
| Amcor | BE | 2023)2889454 - 24/04/2023 2 Requirements that are missing completely from the PPWR Lifecycle thinking (otherwise mandated via WFD Article 4) Despite attempting to curb packaging waste pollution and increase secondary raw materials on the EU market, the PPWR mi ↗ |
| Confederation of Swedish Enterprise | SE | 2050, by laying down measures in line with the hierarchy of waste in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC. Art 1.4 (new) This Regulation contributes to the shifting to a biobased economy, by laying down measures accordance with Bioeconomy Action P ↗ |
| Metsä Group | FI | and technological implications, encouraging packaging solutions with the best environmental performance, in line with paragraph 2 article 4 of the Waste Framework Directive, according to which operators can depart from the waste hierarchy when this is justifie ↗ |
| Stiftung Initiative Mehrweg | DE | Directive 2018/852/EC (PPWD: Packaging and Pack- aging Waste Di- rective). § 5 (1) In line with the waste hierarchy laid down in Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC, Member States shall take measures to encourage the increase in the share of reusable packaging ↗ |
| Industrieverband Papier- und Folienverpackung e.V. (IPV) | DE | the objectives of the PPWR. Establishment of a standard Europe wide approach to dealing with packaging waste (Art. 4) The harmonisation to be achieved by moving from a directive to a regulation must not be thwarted by allowing Member States to go beyond the re ↗ |
| DIE PAPIERINDUSTRIE e. V. | DE | nationale Alleingänge konterkariert werden. Den Mitgliedstaaten sollten keine umfassenden Handlungsspielräume eingeräumt werden. Artikel 4 (4) PPWR sollte ersatzlos gestri- chen und auf eine Erweiterung der Rechtsgrundlage auf die Umweltkompetenz gemäß Art. 1 ↗ |
| Wirtschaftskammer Österreich | AT | nden Kennzeichnungen. Auch alle Pfand- und EPR-Kennzeichnungen sollten verbindlich EU-weit harmonisiert sein. Die Abs 4 und 5 des Art 4 sind daher zu streichen. Verpackungen zu Ausstellungszwecken dürfen auf Messen laut Abs 6 präsentiert werden, auch wenn dies ↗ |
| AESGP - Association of the European Self-Care Industry | BE | ged goods, including consumer healthcare products, within the EU. In this context, we are concerned that certain provisions (e.g. Article 4) will allow Member States to maintain or introduce specific requirements at the national level. • Several provisions in ↗ |
| Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV) | BE | an effective labelling solution to provide product-specific packaging and recycling information to consumers. In compliance with article 4 of the draft regulation, the scope of such possibility should however be 5 enlarged to include all types of information ↗ |
| UMVIN | FR | d 2 shall not apply to the following: (a) immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point (23), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point (25), of Regulation (EU) 2019/6; (b) contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation ↗ |
| Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España | ES | aging products thus restricting and impeding the placing on the marked of packaging that otherwise comply with the regulation. On Art. 4, which covers free movement, Copa and Cogeca therefore call for the deletion of para 5, to prevent distortions of the inter ↗ |
| European Paper Packaging Alliance | BE | tified by life-cycle thinking on the overall impacts of the generation and management of such waste. (Waste Directive 2008/98/EC, article 4§2) The need for robust & representative LCAs QSR provides a standard EU study case • A comparable system across EU • A f ↗ |
| ANAIP | ES | cle shall not apply to the following: (a) immediate packaging as defined in Article 1, point (23), of Directive 2001/83/EC and in Article 4, point 25, of Regulation (EU) 2019/6; (b) contact sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices covered by Regulation ( ↗ |
| The Polish Union Of the Cosmetics Industry | PL | ry packaging. It would also make it easier to recycle small pack formats that are currently not recyclable. str. 6 Free movement (Article 4) COM TEXT PROPOSED AMENDMENT Art. ↗ |
Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 108 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.