Laws and Regulations


    Overview of the main legislative frameworks and regulatory standards governing the packaging sector at national and international levels.
     
    The contents provide a reference for understanding requirements related to materials, safety, functional performance, and environmental sustainability. 

    Examining regulatory contexts makes it possible to interpret the role of regulation as a factor shaping innovation and design decisions in packaging. In this perspective, laws and regulations help define the framework within which industrial strategies and design practices in the sector evolve.

    2013/179/UE: COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 9 April 2013

    2013/179/UE: COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations

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    Decreto Legislativo 3 settembre 2020, n. 116

    Attuazione della direttiva (UE) 2018/851 che modifica la direttiva 2008/98/CE relativa ai rifiuti e attuazione della direttiva (UE) 2018/852 che modifica la direttiva 1994/62/CE sugli imballaggi e i rifiuti di imballaggio.

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2151

    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules on harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

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    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020

    COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules on harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment

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    Commission Communication COM(2003) 302

    Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Integrated Product Policy - Building on Environmental Life-Cycle Thinking COM/2003/0302 final

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    Comunicazione della Commissione europea COM(2020)98 final

    COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe

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    Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (COM(2022) 141 final)

    COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles

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    Communication on making sustainable products the norm

    COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS On making sustainable products the norm

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    The European Green Deal (COM (2019) 640 final)

    COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS The European Green Deal

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    DECRETO 4 aprile 2023, n. 59

    DECRETO 4 aprile 2023, n. 59 Regolamento recante: «Disciplina del sistema di tracciabilità dei rifiuti e del registro elettronico nazionale per la tracciabilità dei rifiuti ai sensi dell 'articolo 188-bis del decreto legislativo 3 aprile 2006, n. 152».

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    DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 14 marzo 2014, n. 49

    DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 14 marzo 2014, n. 49 Attuazione della direttiva 2012/19/UE sui rifiuti di apparecchiature elettriche ed elettroniche (RAEE).

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    DECRETO LEGISLATIVO 3 APRILE 2006, n. 152

    Decreto Legislativo 3 aprile 2006, n. 152

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