WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.215
11July1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2683)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: SWEDEN
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry oftheEnvironment
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Packaging
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Ordinance on
Producers Responsibility forPackaging
6. Description ofcontent: TheOrdinance onProducers 'Responsibility forPackaging is
intended toreplace theOrdinance (1994:1235) onProducers 'Responsibility for
Packaging, inorder toimplement theabove-mentioned Directive. TheOrdinance
regulates producers 'responsibility forpackaging andpackaging waste andcontains
provisions concerning producers 'responsibility inorder toobtain thatpackaging is
reused, recovered ortaken careofinother environmentally sound manners. Moreover
itregulates producers 'responsibility tofacilitate appropriate collecting systems andto
inform households andother users ofsorting, collecting andremoval ofusedpackaging.
7. Objective andrationale: Toimplement theEuropean andCouncil Directive 94/62/EC of
20December 1994 onpackaging andpackaging waste. Thesuggested legislation shall
duetoArticle 16inDirective 94/62/EC benotified duetotheprocedure in
Directive 83/189/EEC andshall therefore benotified under bothDirectives within the
same procedure.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Assoonaspossible
10. Final dateforcomments: 16September 1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: