{"id":4886,"date":"2021-06-01T10:56:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2023-03-22T11:51:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:51:30","slug":"ec-implementation-guidelines-on-the-single-use-plastics-sup-directive-are-finally-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/2021\/06\/01\/ec-implementation-guidelines-on-the-single-use-plastics-sup-directive-are-finally-there\/","title":{"rendered":"EC implementation guidelines on the Single-Use Plastics (SUP) directive are finally there\u2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8&#8243;][vc_column_text]Yesterday the long-waited Commission guidelines on single-use plastics (SUP) were published.[\/vc_column_text]<style>.ld_spacer_6a4b15868cb8c{height:35px;}@media (min-width: 992px) { .ld_spacer_6a4b15868cb8c{height:55px};}<\/style>\n<div class=\"ld-empty-space ld_spacer_6a4b15868cb8c\"><\/div>[vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1679482228201{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>These guidelines facilitate a correct and harmonised application of the key parts of Directive (EU) 2019\/904 on SUP, in particular, on the definition of plastic, of single-use plastic products made wholly or partly of plastic, and the different items covered by the Directive.<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Please find <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/QANDA_21_2709\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> the associated Q&amp;As from COM accompanying these guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The EC guidelines (click <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/pdf\/plastics\/guidelines_single-use_plastics_products.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for the complete document) make clear that the scope of the SUP Directive applies to packaging of food and drink products, which are not refillable or reusable. As such, e.g. plastic bottles and wrapping containing plastic (as defined by REACH and the SUP directive) of food and drink products (including chewing gum products) are covered by the general provisions of the EU SUP Directive.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that food packaging and wrapping are generally all viewed as \u201csingle use\u201d (except those keeping foods protected at home such as breakfast cereals or pasta, or foods subject to further preparation such as frozen foods). To that effect, Table 3.1 of the guidelines provides the unique and non-ambiguous set of products which are currently covered by specific restrictions of the SUP Directive.<br \/>\nTable 4.3 defines examples of food packaging which could fall under the general provisions of the SUP directive (which include several food examples, including chewing gum).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_21_2710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">For more information:<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column offset=&#8221;vc_col-md-offset-2 vc_col-md-8&#8243;][vc_column_text]Yesterday the long-waited Commission guidelines on single-use plastics (SUP) were published.[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1679482228201{margin-bottom: 35px !important;}&#8221;] These guidelines facilitate a correct and harmonised application of the key parts of Directive (EU) 2019\/904 on SUP, in particular, on the definition of plastic, of single-use plastic products made wholly or partly of plastic, and the different items [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4912,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions\/4912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodlawscience.eu\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}