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EU Legislative Interests

Update on 10/2011 & Framework Regulation (Food Contact) Registration, Evaluation, Autorisation and Restriction of Chemicals Regulation (REACH) Draft opinion on the revision of the Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) Circular Economy Non-Intended added Substances (NIAS) Chemical Recycling - Recast of Regulation 282/2008 Proposal for a Regulation on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism SUP Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2683 Proposal for a regulation on applying a generalized scheme of tariff preferences and repealing Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 (GSP) Proposal for a revision of EU legislation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) Regulation EU 1616/2022 Proposal to complement the REACH REGULATION (EU) 2023/2055, amending Annex XVII of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Green Claims Directive EU-wide EoW criteria for plastic waste Clean Industrial Deal Institutional agreement on the proposed regulation for the prevention of microplastic losses Microplastics REACH: Regulation EU 2023/2055. Waste Framework Directive

Communication Activities

- PET EUROPE Position Paper GSP 2022 - PET EUROPE Position Paper CBAM 2022 - PET EUROPE co-signed a joint industry statement from the Packaging Value Chain to maintain the legal basis of the PPWR proposal for the Single Market 2023 PET EUROPE co-signed a joint industry statement from the Packaging Value Chain calling for the removal from the PPWR text of the most concerning measures that would infringe the Internal Market principles and likely result in national distortive measures 2023 - PET EUROPE co-signed a joint industry statement from the Packaging Value Chain calling for the removal from the PPWR text of the most concerning measures that would infringe the Internal Market principles and likely result in national distortive measures 2023 - PET EUROPE co-signed a coalition paper on bisphenol A (BPA). The collective goal, in line with the European Commission, is to assure European citizens’ access to safe food and drink packaging 2023 - FEEDBACK FROM PET EUROPE ON THE COMMISSION PROPOSAL ON MEASURES TO REDUCE MICROPLASTIC POLLUTION FROM PLASTIC PELLETS 2023 - PET EUROPE signed Antwerp Declaration March 2024 - 01/24: PET EUROPE co-signed a joint industry statement from the Packaging Value Chain opposing the introduction of any reference to “state-run producer responsibility organisations” in the PPWR. - 02/24: PET EUROPE co-signed a joint final joint industry statement on reuse targets for transport packaging, drafted by Plastics Europe and signed by 18 organisations, calling on policy makers to set effective and realistic reuse measures for transport packaging in the ongoing PPWR negotiations. It emphasised that disproportionate and unfeasible targets could undermine transport safety, disrupt supply chains and affect the efficiency of logistics and business operations. - 04/24: PET EUROPE joined 85 European and national industry associations while signed the Joint European Industry Manifesto calling for a strategic plan to boost competitiveness and prevent deindustrialisation by unlocking the Single Market’s full potential and ensuring a supportive regulatory environment. - 06/24: PET EUROPE co-signed a joint industry letter urging the EU Commission to ensure the timely implementation of the PPWR by allocating adequate resources and establishing effective processes for preparing the secondary legislation and guidance documents.

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

PETCORE Europe: https://www.petcore-europe.org/ EsPlásticos: https://esplasticos.es/ PLASTICS EUROPE: https://plasticseurope.org/

Organisation Members

All our current members are listed on our website. Please see: https://www.pet-europe.org/members/

Additional Information

This is rather small little budget related to our activities