Packaging Directive

EU Directive 94/62/EC regulates packaging design and waste management to ensure environmental protection and internal market functioning. ComplyMarket offers gap assessments and ad hoc consulting to help businesses comply with the packaging directive.

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste

EU rules on packaging and packaging waste cover both packaging design and packaging waste management. The rules cover all types of packaging and packaging waste placed on the European market, including industrial, commercial, household, and other sectors.

These rules regulate:

• What kind of packaging can be placed on the EU market
• Packaging waste management and prevention measures
• Compliance with essential requirements related to packaging manufacturing, composition, and reusable or recoverable nature

Objectives of the Packaging Directive are:

• Harmonize national measures on packaging and the management of packaging waste
• Provide a high level of environmental protection by restricting the presence of certain heavy metals in packaging (Hg, Pb, Cr6+, Cd)
• Ensure the good functioning of the internal market
• Prevent the production of packaging waste
• Promote the reuse, recycling, and other forms of recovering of packaging waste
• Have requirements for registration, reporting, and recycling in each EU Member

How ComplyMarket can help you:

• ComplyMarket's experienced auditors can perform a gap assessment to determine the intrinsic risk within your restricted substances and product compliance system. The audit follows the requirements of ISO 9001, IDW PS 980, ISO 37301, IEC 63000, and IEC/TR 62476 and covers a comprehensive list of points to ensure compliance.
• Ad Hoc consultants services about achieving requirements of the packaging directive
• ComplyDoC: is an intelligent IT and first ever open source code cloud solution for Supply Chain sustainability, chemical & product compliance Management to collect information from suppliers.