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Ordinance amending prepackaging law

Notification Number:

2020/0081/D (Germany)

Date received:

21/02/2020

End of Standstill:

25/05/2020 (closed)

Issue of comments by:

Austria

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Message 002

Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2020) 00633
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2020/0081/D

No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.

(MSG: 202000633.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2020 0081 D EN 21-02-2020 D NOTIF

2. D

3A. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Referat E C 2, 11019 Berlin,
Tel.: 0049-30-18 615-7536, E-Mail: infonorm@bmwi.bund.de

3B. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Referat VI C 2, 11019 Berlin,
Tel.: 0049-30-18 615-6537, E-Mail: Messwesen@bmwi.bund.de

4. 2020/0081/D - I10

5. Ordinance amending prepackaging law

6. Prepackaging, controlling prepackaging

7. - Directive 2000/13/EC relating to the labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs

8. The draft Ordinance consolidates prepackaging law regulations in a clear structure with basic offences. From these regulations, manufacturers can clearly determine which requirements must be observed for labelling prepackaging. In addition to increasing transparency in prepackaging law, the draft intends to reduce bureaucracy and to adapt to applicable European and national law. Furthermore, the draft also contains regulations on fees for controlling prepackaging.

The possibility of maintaining national regulations within the scope of the European regulation (Article 42 of Regulation (EU)
No 1169/2011; Food Information Regulation) has been exploited to the furthest possible extent. The corresponding notification to the European Commission was made within the period prescribed on 16 October 2014. It was published in the electronic Federal Gazette by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

The provisions communicated to the European Commission under Article 42 of the Food Information Regulation are set out in Section 5 of the Ordinance. This does not entail substantive amendments.

9. The amendment to the Prepackaging Ordinance, which substantially dates back to the 1970s, completes the comprehensive reform of German measurement and calibration law. It is necessary to modernise the Prepackaging Ordinance as the Ordinance contains a collection of small-scale commercial practices. One particular political problem is that misconduct is not currently punishable with a fine as there is a lack of sufficient clarity in relation to basic offences. In addition, developments in European and national law are not taken into account, e.g. inadmissible duplicate regulations on European food law and law for cosmetic products.

10. No basic text(s) available

11. No

12. -

13. No

14. No

15. -

16. TBT aspect

No - the draft has no significant impact on international trade.

SPS aspect

No - the draft is neither a sanitary nor phytosanitary measure

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European Commission

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email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu

Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received	Is answer to
111814	2025	1290	COMEuropean Commission	049	Acknowledgement of receipt of the adopted text	16-05-2025

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