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Packaging and packaging waste

Directive 94/62/EC

Short name:

Packaging and packaging waste

Base:

European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste
OJ L 365 of 31 December 1994

Modification:

Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 70 of 16 March 2005)

Directives repealed:

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Guide for application:

Guidance on CE marking for professionals

European Commission contact point:

Directorate-General for the Environment
env-infoatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Email)
Packaging and packaging waste webpage

For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations.

Publications

Publications in the Official Journal:

Commission communication on packaging and packaging waste OJ C 44 of 2005-02-19
This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Summary list of titles and references of harmonised standards under Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste

The information contained in the summary list is a compilation of the references of standards which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Although the lists are updated regularly, they may not be complete and they do not have any legal validity; only publication in the Official Journal produces legal affect.

European
Standards
Organisation

Reference and title of the harmonised standard
(and reference document)

Reference of the superseded standard

Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard

CEN

EN 13427:2004

Packaging - Requirements for the use of European Standards in the field of packaging and packaging waste

CEN

EN 13428:2004

Packaging - Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition - Prevention by source reduction

EN 13428:2000

2005-02-19

CEN

EN 13429:2004

Packaging - Reuse

CEN

EN 13430:2004

Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable by material recycling

CEN

EN 13431:2004

Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable in the form of energy recovery, including specification of minimum inferior calorific value

CEN

EN 13432:2000

Packaging - Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation - Test scheme and evaluation criteria for the final acceptance of packaging