France | An end to the penalties for confusion caused by some recycling markings
France
An end to the penalties for confusion caused by some recycling markings
On 6th July 2023, the French authorities published Decisions 449872, 450134 & 450158 of June 30, 2023 which cancelled the following decrees:
- Decree of 30 November 2020 relating to signs and markings that may lead to confusion about the rule for sorting or returning product waste, which came into force on 1 January 2021.
Specifically, this order defined signs and markings that may lead to such confusion as figures/ graphics representing two or more arrows rolled up and inscribed in a circle.
- Point 4 of part II of the appendix to the decree of December 25, 2020, amending the specifications of eco-organizations in the household packaging sector, indicates a penalty to product packaging on which is affixed one of the signs or one of the markings defined in the Decree of 30 November 2020. This penalty was effective from 1 April 2021.
