{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-62/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1994/62",
  "legislation_title": "European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-62",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Marking and identification system",
  "text": "1. The Council shall, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Treaty, decide no later than two years after the entry into force of this Directive on the marking of packaging.\n2. To facilitate collection, reuse and recovery including recycling, packaging shall indicate for the purposes of its identification and classification by the industry concerned the nature of the packaging material(s) used on the basis of Commission Decision 97/129/EC .\n3. Packaging shall bear the appropriate marking either on the packaging itself or on the label. It shall be clearly visible and easily legible. The marking shall be appropriately durable and lasting, including when the packaging is opened.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 50, 20.2.1997, p. 28 ."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1994/62/article/8",
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  },
  "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."
}