Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2020) 03235
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2020/0549/B
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: 202003235.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2020 0549 B EN 04-09-2020 B NOTIF
2. B
3A. FOD Economie, KMO, Middenstand en Energie
Algemene Directie Kwaliteit en Veiligheid - Dienst Normalisatie en Competitiviteit - BELNotif
NG III – 2de verdieping
Koning Albert II-laan, 16
B - 1000 Brussel
Tel: 02/277.53.36
belspoc@economie.fgov.be
3B. BELGISCHE KAMER VAN VOLKSVERTEGENWOORDIGERS
Commissie voor Energie,Leefmilieu en Klimaat
1008 Brussel
Tel:02/549.81.26 - 02/549.85.18
4. 2020/0549/B - S10E
5. Draft Act amending the Act of 21 December 1998 on product standards to promote sustainable production and consumption patterns and to protect the environment, public health and employees, in order to introduce a ban on the use of oxo-degradable plastic products and certain other single-use plastic products
6. This draft is intended to immediately transpose into Belgian law certain provisions of a European directive introducing
a ban on the use of oxo-degradable plastics (that can be broken down chemically or that can break down into small plastic particles)
as well as on certain other single-use plastic products.
In addition to the prohibitive provisions introduced in said directive,
this draft also introduces a ban on the use of single-use plastic bags.
7. - Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste
- (Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the reduction
of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment)
8. The draft is intended to amend the Act of 21 December 1998 on product standards to promote sustainable production and consumption patterns and to protect the environment,
public health and employees.
It introduces a ban on placing certain products onto the market. To this end, it adds several definitions to the Act of 21 December 1998 (Article 2 of the draft) and inserts a new Chapter IVbis ‘Special provisions on single-use plastic products’ (Article 3).
More specifically, the ban on placement onto the market covers products based on oxo-degradable plastic (Article 4), certain single-use plastic products (Article 5)
and certain single-use carrier bags designed for packing or carrying goods purchased at indoor or outdoor points-of-sale.
DOC 55 0160/016: text adopted in committee after second reading
https://www.dekamer.be/assets/FLWB/Pdf/55/0160/55K0160016.pdf
DOC 55 0160/008: first reading of committee report
https://www.dekamer.be/assets/FLWB/Pdf/55/0160/55K0160008.pdf
DOC 55 0160/015: second reading of committee report
https://www.dekamer.be/assets/FLWB/Pdf/55/0160/55K0160015.pdf
9. This draft is intended to immediately transpose into Belgian law Article 5 of Directive 2019/904, with addition of a ban on the marketing of single-use plastic bags.According to the submitting party, the marketing of said plastic bags must be banned in any case because they are incompatible with a healthy environment: after all, these bags, which take hardly one second to produce, are used for 20 minutes on average, but have a lifespan ranging from one to four centuries. Moreover, these bags pose a serious threat to biodiversity because birds and marine animals swallow them. Bans of this kind are in force not only in France, Spain and Italy, but also elsewhere in the world. For instance, no less than 25 African countries have banned the use of single-use plastic bags.
10. Restriction of the trade in or use of a substance, preparation or chemical product
Numbers or titles of the basic texts: The Act of 21 December 1998 on product standards to promote sustainable production and consumption patterns and to protect the environment, public health and employees
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 1998/347/B
11. No
12. -
13. No
14. No
15. -
16. TBT aspect
Yes
SPS aspect
Yes
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