Article 1
Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7 February 2013 amending Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on packaging and packaging waste Text with EEA relevance
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Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Directive.
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2013 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX ‘ANNEX I ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES FOR THE CRITERIA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1) Illustrative examples for criterion (i) Packaging Sweet boxes Film overwrap around a CD case Mailing pouches for catalogues and magazines (with a magazine inside) Cake doilies sold with a cake Rolls, tubes and cylinders around which flexible material (e.g. plastic film, aluminium, paper) is wound, except rolls, tubes and cylinders intended as parts of production machinery and not used to present a product as a sales unit Flower pots intended to be used only for the selling and transporting of plants and not intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time Glass bottles for injection solutions CD spindles (sold with CDs, not intended to be used as storage) Clothes hangers (sold with a clothing item) Matchboxes Sterile barrier systems (pouches, trays and materials necessary to preserve the sterility of the product) Beverage system capsules (e.g. coffee, cacao, milk) which are left empty after use Refillable steel cylinders used for various kinds of gas, excluding fire extinguishers Non-packaging Flower pots intended to stay with the plant throughout its life time Tool boxes Tea bags Wax layers around cheese Sausage skins Clothes hangers (sold separately) Beverage system coffee capsules, coffee foil pouches, and filter paper coffee pods disposed together with the used coffee product Cartridges for printers CD, DVD and video cases (sold together with a CD, DVD or video inside) CD spindles (sold empty, intended to be used as storage) Soluble bags for detergents Grave side lights (containers for candles) Mechanical quern (integrated in a refillable recipient, e.g. refillable pepper mill) Illustrative examples for criterion (ii) Packaging, if designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale Paper or plastic carrier bags Disposable plates and cups Cling film Sandwich bags Aluminium foil Plastic foil for cleaned clothes in laundries Non-packaging Stirrer Disposable cutlery Wrapping paper (sold separately) Paper baking cases (sold empty) Cake doilies sold without a cake Illustrative examples for criterion (iii) Packaging Labels hung directly on or attached to a product Part of packaging Mascara brush which forms part of the container closure Sticky labels attached to another packaging item Staples Plastic sleeves Device for measuring dosage which forms part of the container closure for detergents Mechanical quern (integrated in a non-refillable recipient, filled with a product, e.g. pepper mill filled with pepper) Non-packaging Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags’
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