Path appears clear for EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

 At 1 PM, the Belgian Council Presidency announced that a breakthrough had been reached, ending speculation that the legislation might not secure the necessary majority from the member states.

 

Negotiators from the Council and the European Parliament had reached a trilogue deal the Packaging proposal on 4 March – without the support of the Commission, which held that "part of the provisional agreement found by the co-legislators went beyond the mandate of the Commission’s negotiators." The Commission's concerns, together with Italy's ongoing objections to provisions of the PPWR and a reported quid pro quo deal between the Italian government and the Germany's Liberal Democrats (FDP) covering both the PPWR and Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive made the adoption of the Regulation appear increasingly uncertain.

 

According to a statement issued by MEP Delara Burkhart, the S&D group's shadow rapporteur on the file, the Italian government had agreed to lift its objection to the PPWR after the EU Parliament agreed to additional concessions. This ensured that the compromise could be approved by the permanent representatives. Ultimately, the German government had also agreed to support the legislation.

 

German MEP Peter Liese, environmental policy spokesman for the Parliament's centre-right EPP group, welcomed the decision. He said that as originally proposed, the Packaging Regulation had been "a bureaucratic monstrosity" which could not be accepted as written. "However, we have managed to substantially rewrite it both in the European Parliament and in the trilogue negotiations. Not only the German waste management industry, but also paper and cardboard manufacturers in particular are now in agreement with the proposal following substantive changes. That is why my group intends to vote in favour of the text in the Environment Committee next Tuesday," Mr Liese said in an initial reaction.

 

This article wil be updated

Compromise text PPWR (pdf)

ST-7859-2024-INIT_en.pdf

 

 

 

Source:https://www.euwid-paper.com/