PPWR — Article 56

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Article 56
Reporting to the Commission
1. Member States shall submit the following data to the Commission for each calendar year:
(a)
data on the implementation of Article 52(1), points (a) to (d), and data pursuant to Table 2 of Annex XII on reusable packaging;
(b)
the annual consumption of very lightweight plastic carrier bags, lightweight plastic carrier bags, thick plastic carrier bags and very thick plastic carrier bags per capita, separately for each category as listed in Table 4 of Annex XII;
(c)
the separate collection rate of packaging as listed in Table 5 of Annex XII covered by the obligation to establish deposit and return systems set out in Article 50(2).
Member States may also provide data on the annual consumption of carrier bags of other materials.
out in Article 50(2).
Member States may also provide data on the annual consumption of carrier bags of other materials.
2. Member States shall submit the following data to the Commission for each calendar year:
(a)
the quantity of packaging made available for the first time on the territory of that Member State, or unpacked by a producer without being an end user, for each packaging category as listed in Table 3 of Annex full textXII;
(b)
the quantity of collected packaging waste for each packaging material as referred to in Article 52;
(c)
the quantity of recycled packaging waste and recycling rates for each packaging category as listed in Table 3 of Annex XII.
quantity of recycled packaging waste and recycling rates for each packaging category as listed in Table 3 of Annex XII.
3. The first reporting year shall concern:
(a)
with respect to the obligations laid down in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), and paragraph 2, the second full calendar year after the entry into force of the implementing act that establishes the format for reporting to the Commission, in accordance with paragraph 7;
(b)
with respect to the obligation laid down in paragraph 1, point (c), the calendar year 2028.
4. Member States shall submit the data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 electronically within 19 months of the end of the reporting year for which the data are collected in the format established by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 7.
year for which the data are collected in the format established by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 7.
5. The data submitted by Member States in accordance with this Article shall be accompanied by a quality check report. That quality check report shall be presented in the format established by the Commission in accordance with paragraph 7.
6. The data submitted by Member States in accordance with this Article shall be accompanied by a report on the application of Article 53(7) and (11), and shall include detailed information about the average loss rates where applicable.
of Article 53(7) and (11), and shall include detailed information about the average loss rates where applicable.
7. The Commission shall, by 12 February 2027, adopt implementing acts establishing:
(a)
rules for the calculation, verification and submission of data in accordance with paragraph 1, points (a) and (c), and paragraph 2, including the methodology for determining the quantity of packaging waste generated, and the format for the submission of those data;
(b)
the methodology for the calculation of the annual consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags per capita referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), and the format for the submission of those data;
(c)
the correction factor referred to in Article 43(2) to account for the increase or decrease in tourism in relation to the base year.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 65(2).
implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 65(2).
8. Member States shall require that system operators of re-use systems and all economic operators making packaging available in the Member States provide competent authorities with accurate and reliable data allowing Member States to fulfil their reporting obligations under this Article, taking into account, where relevant, particular problems faced by small and medium-sized enterprises with regard to the provision of detailed data.

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.

Group	Amendments
S&D	2
PPE	2

Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 3 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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Who	Country	What they wrote
IKG crewshop24.com	DE	responsibility in accordance with Article 47; (e) the making available of information in accordance with Article 56. For the purposes of enforcement of the obligations for management of packaging and packaging waste set out in Chapter VIII of the PPWR, and ins ↗
Heid&Shoes	DE	single entry point for data submission. (7) To ensure that Member States can comply with their reporting obligations pursuant to Article 56(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the format should allow Member States to include the data necessary to calculate ↗
EsPlásticos	ES	materials for all packaging being placed on the market. The provisions listed in paragraph 6 shall be adopted in the Regulation. Article 56 Formal non-compliance Article 56, paragraph 1, subparagraph j (NEW) (l) the requirements on recyclable packaging are no ↗
Amcor	BE	ssions for the security of supply of the Internal Market. 8 Unclear compliance obligations are penalised through product recalls (Article 56), which is a disproportionate measure when there is no environmental impact associated with the lack of compliance. ↗
Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)	BE	to the principle of the EU Single Market, the Commission should therefore ensure an EU-wide registration scheme. Art. 56 Register of Producers: ➢ The obligation of packaging producers (i.e., packaging manufacturers, importers, or distributors) to register in e ↗
European Recycling Platform	DE	nd therefore shall be prohibited, as already being the case in several Member States such as France and Portugal. 7. Enforcement (Article 56) Legal provisions are worthless if not followed correctly. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that all the provision ↗
Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V.	DE	Alles andere stellt insbesondere für KMU eine erhebliche finanzielle Belastung dar und untergräbt den EU-Binnenmarkt. 9. Art. 56 – Rückruf: die Regelung in Art. 56 ist zu weit. Sie sollte auf die verantwortlichen Hersteller eingegrenzt werden und darüber hinau ↗
Recycling Netwerk Benelux	NL	s could take months or even years for a single packaging. Also if a producer wouldn’t have the technical documentation available, article 56.2 stipulates that a packaging needs to be recalled or withdrawn from the market only if noncompliance persists. With th ↗
Livsmedelsföretagen	SE	packaging, MS can encourage and facilitate that deposit and return systems are set up for that specific packaging type. Article 56 F ormal non -compliance § 2 Requiring that packaging is recalled o nly on formal grounds without the packaging posing a danger to ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 9 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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