ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 is amended as follows: (1) the title of section B and point 1 thereof are replaced by the following: ‘B. Minimum requirements for a quality assurance system to be operated at recycling facilities, where recycled plastic is manufactured in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 1. The quality assurance system implemented by the recycler must give adequate confidence in the ability of all recycling operations taking place at the facility to ensure the recycled plastic meets the requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2022/1616.’; (2) in section B, the following paragraph is added: ‘3. The quality assurance system implemented by the recycler shall include specific operations in the recycling process, “Quality Assessment Stages”, at which the recycler shall assess the quality of each batch of material directly originating from a manufacturing stage. This assessment shall check the quality of that material by verifying: — whether the applicable critical limits referred to in point 2, point (c) have been met at each unit operation that is part of the manufacturing stage, and — whether the quality of the resulting material meets pre-defined criteria, using the tests, protocols and evidence referred to in point 2, point (e) applicable to the manufacturing stage. The assessment shall result in a decision on whether the quality of the batch is considered as complying with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 and suitable for further processing, whether its quality requires correction before further processing or, whether the batch is to be discarded or used for non-food applications.’; (3) the following section C is added: ‘C. Reprocessing of plastics falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 1. Plastic offcuts, scraps, and similar by-products of plastic manufacturing processes and intended to be reprocessed in accordance with Article 10(2) of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 (“materials intended for reprocessing”) shall be collected separately from waste as close as technically achievable to the point at which they are cut, scrapped or otherwise produced from a similar plastic manufacturing operation leading to offcuts and scraps and similar by-products of plastic. 2. Materials intended for reprocessing shall be collected either using a closed piping or belt system intended for that purpose only, or in clean bins, bags, or other containers designated to this purpose and which can easily be recognised as being intended only for this purpose. Those types of containers shall be closed as soon as they are fully filled. Up to the point of reinsertion in the plastic production process the applied containers shall be designed to prevent any contamination of the plastic material. 3. Such bins, bags or containers may be transferred for reprocessing individually or be grouped in secondary packaging. The resulting unit shall be considered as a batch of material intended for reprocessing. The definition of “batch” in Article 2(3), point (20) of Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 shall apply. 4. At any stage of the reprocessing of plastic, operators shall ensure that the quality assurance system prevents it from being mixed with plastic of a different composition, other materials, or with waste. The transfer of batches of plastic by-products between operations prior to their use in the manufacturing of plastic materials and articles, including the mixing with plastic of the same composition, shall be recorded and their traceability shall be accounted for in the quality assurance system.’.