Requirements for recycled plastic materials and articles
Article 4
1. Recycled plastic materials and articles shall only be placed on the market where the requirements set out in paragraphs 2 to 7 are met during their manufacture. 2. The requirements set out in Chapters II and III and Chapter V of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 shall apply to recycled plastic materials and articles. 3. The recycled plastic materials and articles are manufactured using one of the following: (a) a suitable recycling technology listed in Annex I; or, (b) a novel technology as referred to in Article 3(6) and developed in accordance with Chapter IV. 4. Where the recycled plastic materials and articles are manufactured using a suitable recycling technology, the following requirements are met: (a) where relevant, the recycling process used to manufacture the recycled plastic materials and articles has been granted an authorisation. (b) the recycling and use of recycled plastic to manufacture the recycled plastic materials and articles complies with the general requirements laid down in Articles 6, 7 and 8, as supplemented by the specifications and requirements for the technology set out in column 8 of Table 1 of Annex I and those laid down in the authorisation, and subject to the specific derogations specified in column 9 of Table 1 of Annex I, and in the authorisation. (c) by derogation to point (b), where the suitable recycling technology is to be implemented through a recycling scheme, the recycling and use of the recycled plastic materials and articles comply with the general requirements laid down in Article 9, and, where relevant, with the specific rules for the technology set out in Annex I. 5. Where the recycled plastic materials and articles are manufactured using a novel technology, the requirements laid down in Articles 10 to 13 are met. 6. The Union register established in Article 24 includes the following information regarding the manufacture of the recycled plastic: (a) the decontamination installation where the recycled plastic was manufactured, the address of the recycling facility, and the identity of the recycler operating it; (b) the applied authorised recycling process, if the applied suitable recycling technology requires the authorisation of recycling processes; (c) the name of the recycling scheme used, the identity of the entity managing it, and the applied markings, if the applied recycling technology requires the use of a recycling scheme; (d) the name of the novel technology, if the manufacture of the recycled plastic uses a novel recycling technology. 7. Where relevant, the status in the Register established in Article 24 of the authorised recycling process used for the manufacturing is not ‘suspended’ or ‘revoked’. 8. The status in the Register established in Article 24 of the decontamination installation used for the manufacturing is not ‘suspended’.