{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1803/annex/division-2/division-5/division-5.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1803/annex/division-2/division-5/division-5.2.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/1803",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1803 of 27 November 2020 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for printed paper, stationery paper, and paper carrier bag products (notified under document C(2020) 8155) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-1803",
  "path": "annex/division/2/division/5/division/5.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.2",
  "heading": "Paper for recycling from printing facilities",
  "text": "This criterion applies to printed paper products. The amount of waste paper ‘X’ produced shall not exceed the values reported in the following table.\nPrinting method\nMaximum waste paper (%)\nSheet offset\n23\nCold-set, newspaper\n10\nCold-set, form printing\n18\nCold-set rotation (except newspapers)\n19\nHeat-set rotation\n21\nRotogravure printing\n15\nFlexography printing\n17\nDigital printing\n10\nScreen printing\n23\nWhere:\nX = annual tonnes of waste paper produced during the printing (including finishing processes) of the eco-labelled printed paper product, divided by annual tonnes of paper purchased and used for the production of eco-labelled printed paper product.\nWhere the printing house carries out finishing processes on behalf of another printing house, the amount of waste paper produced in those processes shall not be included in the calculation of ‘X’.\nWhere the finishing processes are outsourced to another company, the amount of waste paper resulting from the outsourced work shall be calculated and declared in the calculation of ‘X’.\nAssessment and verification: the applicant shall provide a description of the calculation of the amount of waste paper, together with a declaration from the contractor collecting the waste paper from the printing house. The outsourcing terms and calculations on the amount of paper waste involved in the finishing processes shall be provided.\nThe period for the calculations shall be based on the production during 12 months. In case of a new or a rebuilt production plant, the calculations shall be based on at least 45 subsequent days of stable running of the plant.\nIf the calculation of annual tonnes of waste paper produced during the printing of the eco-labelled printed paper product is not technically feasible, the applicant may provide calculations regarding the total amount of paper for recycling produced annually in the printing house.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/1803/annex/division/2/division/5/division/5.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:04.336477+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}