62/2014 Sb.
LAW
of 19 December 2003. March 2014,
amending Act No. 477/2001 SB., on packaging and on amendments to certain
laws (law on packages), as amended
Parliament has passed the following Act of the United States:
Article. (I)
Act No. 477/2001 SB., on packaging and on amendments to certain acts (the Act on
packages), as amended by Act No. 274/2003 Coll., Act No. 94/2004 Coll.
Act No. 235/2004 Coll., Act No. 256/2004 Coll., Act No. 444/2005 Coll.
Act No. 66/2006 Coll., Act No. 296/2007 Coll., Act No. 25/2008 Coll.,
Act No. 126/2008 Coll., Act No. 227/2009 Coll., Act No. 281/2009 Coll.,
Act No. 77/2010 Coll., Act No. 18/2009 Coll. and Act No. 167/2009 Coll.,
is amended as follows:
1. In article 1 (1). 1, § 4, paragraph 4. 5 (b). (a)) 6 (a). (d)), section 6, section 25
(a). (b)) and § 32 (a). q) the words "European Community" shall be replaced by
the words "European Union".
Footnote 2 reads as follows:
"2) directive of the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 May 1999. December
1994 on packaging and packaging waste.
European Parliament and Council Directive 2004/12/EC of 11 December 1997. February 2004,
amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
European Parliament and Council Directive 2005/20/EC of 9 December 1999. March 2005,
amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.
Commission Directive 2013/2/EU of 7. February 2013, amending the annex to
And European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging
waste. ".
2. Appendix 1:
"The annex No. 1 to Act No. 477/2001 Coll.
Criteria and illustrative examples of the advanced concept of packaging
Criterion 1
A product which complies with the definition of the packaging referred to in paragraph 2 (a). and at the same time)
or may fulfil a different function than a packaging function shall be considered
packaging only if
and is not an integral part of) another product,
(b)) is not necessary for it to keep it closed, or this
over the lifetime of the product, and
(c)) are not all parts intended to be used together,
consumed or removed.
Illustrative examples illustrating the use of criteria (1)
Packaging
Candy box
The foil cover to a CD case
Postal bags, catalogs and magazines (with hire inside)
Paper baking cups sold with pekařským or fresh rich
product
The role of the tube, tubes and cylinders around which flexible
materials, such as plastic film, aluminum foil (aluminum foil) or
the paper, in addition to the roles of the tubes, the tubes and cylinders, which are used as part of
production machines and which are not used for the presentation of the product as a
sales unit
Flower pots, which are intended only for sale and transportation of plants and not
for the entire lifetime of the plants
Glass bottles for injectable solutions
Cylindrical packaging for CD spindles (sold with the CD, are not intended to
disk storage)
Clothes hangers (sold with the clothing)
Matchboxes
Sterile barrier systems (bags, coasters and materials necessary to maintain the
the sterility of the product)
Beverage system capsules (such as coffee, cocoa, milk), which after
use remain empty
Refillable steel cylinders used for different kinds of gases,
In addition to the fire extinguishers
The subject, which is not a container
Flower pots intended for the entire lifetime of the plants
Cases, bags, and cartridges to the instruments and tools
Tea bags
Wax layers around cheese
Casings of sausages
Clothes hangers (sold separately)
Beverage system coffee capsules, coffee bags, aluminium foil and
coffee pads of paper, together with the filter applied
coffee product
Printer cartridges
Covers for CD, DVD and video (sold together with a CD, DVD or
video inside the enclosure)
Cylindrical packaging for CD spindles "(sold empty, intended for
retention of CD)
Soluble bags for detergents
The lamp on the grave (containers for candles)
Mechanical mill (built in the container, which can be recharged,
for example, refillable Pepper Mill)
Criterion 2
Items designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale,
considered to be packaging provided they fulfil a packaging function.
Illustrative examples illustrating the use of criteria 2
Container that is designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale
Paper or plastic carrier bags and bags
Disposable plates and cups
Cling film
Sandwich bags
Aluminum foil
Plastic film for clean clothes from the laundry
The subject, which is not a container
Mixing stick
Disposable cutlery
Wrapping paper (sold separately)
Paper baking moulds (sold empty)
Paper cups on baking without Baker's or confectionery
product
Criterion 3
Packaging components and ancillary elements integrated into packaging shall be considered part of the
the packaging in which they are integrated. Ancillary elements that are hanging directly
on the product or are attached to the product and fulfils the function of packaging,
consider packaging only if
and they are not an integral part of) this product and the
(b)) if not all parts intended to make together
consumed or removed.
Illustrative examples illustrating the use of criteria 3
Packaging
Labels and tags that are hung directly on the product or are
the product affixed
Subject-matter that is included in the package
Brush mascara, which is part of the closure of mascara
Self-adhesive labels that are attached to another part of the packaging
Staples, clips, clamps
Plastic locking labels (shrink)
The dispenser, which is part of the container closure for detergents
Mechanical mill (embedded in a container that cannot be refilled, and
that is filled with product, such as electric Pepper Mill filled with pepper)
The subject, which is not a container
RFID for radio frequency identification on the basis of ".
3. Annex 3:
"Annex 3 to the Act No. 477/2001 Coll.
The required range of recycling and recovery of packaging waste total
And: recycling (B): the total usage
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Packaging waste by 31 December. 12. until 31 December 2013. 12. until 31 December 2014. 12.2015 until 31 December 2006. 12.2016
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AND (B), AND (B), AND (B), AND (B)
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% % % % % % % %
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Paper and cardboard 70 70 75 75
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Glass 70 70 75 75
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Plastic 27 27 40 45
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Metal 50 50 55 55
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Wooden 15 15 15 15
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Sales intended for the consumer--38 43 4045 40 45
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A total of 55 60 55 60 6065 60 65
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The rate of recycling, and overall use of sales packages
the consumer shall be determined as a proportion of the amount of recovered packaging waste
back to the collection obtained from the consumer and the amount of sales packaging
that person said on the market or put into circulation. In the denominator are not included
sales packaging that are simultaneously industrial packaging.
For the packaging of one material shall be considered packaging, in which the
the material consists of at least 70% by weight of the packaging. Recycling and overall
use are determined by weight and recycling includes
the total usage as one of its forms, together with the energy
use and organic recycling section 4, paragraph 4. 1 (b). c).".
Article. (II)
The effectiveness of the
This Act shall take effect on the date of its publication.
Hamáček in r.
Zeman in r.
Sobotka in r.
