{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-852/annex/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-852/annex/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2018/852",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2018/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2018-852",
  "path": "annex/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(1)",
  "heading": "Annex II is amended as follows:",
  "text": "(a) in point 1, the second indent is replaced by the following:\n‘Packaging shall be designed, produced and commercialised in such a way as to permit its reuse or recovery, including recycling, in line with the waste hierarchy, and to minimise its impact on the environment when packaging waste or residues from packaging waste management operations are disposed of.’;\n(b) in point 3, points (c) and (d) are replaced by the following:\n(c) ‘ Packaging recoverable in the form of composting\nPackaging waste processed for the purpose of composting shall be of such a biodegradable nature that it does not hinder the separate collection and the composting process or activity into which it is introduced.\n(d) Biodegradable packaging\nBiodegradable packaging waste shall be of such a nature that it is capable of undergoing physical, chemical, thermal or biological decomposition such that most of the finished compost ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide, biomass and water. Oxo-degradable plastic packaging shall not be considered as biodegradable.’.",
  "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/eudr/2018/852/annex/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:30.165446+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."
}