RO: To Court for failure to amend packaging waste legislation

The European Commission is referring Romania to the EU Court of Justice over its failure to enact revised EU legislation on packaging waste into domestic law. The revised legislation amends Annex I to Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. It updates the list of illustrative examples to clarify additional cases where the borderline between what is packaging and what is not, remained unclear.
Member States had to bring into force the laws necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2013. After it missed the original deadline, Romania was sent a letter of formal notice in November 2013, followed by a reasoned opinion in July 2014 (Press Release EC, 29 April 2015).
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