Relevant legislation
On this page you are provided with an overview of the legislation that forms the basis for the producer responsibility for packaging in Denmark and the EU.
Danish legislation
- Executive order on registration and reporting (retsinformation.dk)
Guidance on registration and reporting (from The Danish Environmental Protection Agency) - Consultation executive order on packaging (phase 2): Draft amendment of certain requirements for packaging, extended producer responsibility for packaging and other waste collected with packaging waste (Danish)
See the EU translated statutory order, which is in EU notification, here. - The Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guidance on the determination and calculation of eco-modulated fees according to the Executive Order on packaging and packaging waste - to be expanded continuously.
- Executive Order on certain Requirements for Packaging (Emballagebekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk)
- Executive order on the extended producer responsibility for certain single-use plastic products(retsinformation.dk).
- Draft amendment of the Environmental Protection Act, extended producer responsibility for packaging and single-use plastic products, etc. Find the draft here on the Consultation Portal.
- Environmental Protection Act here (retsinformation.dk).
Political agreement
- Agreement on extended producer responsibility: Find the agreement here.
EU
- Revised waste directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2018/ af 30. maj 2018 om ændring af direktiv 2008/98/EF om affald).
- Revised packaging directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2018/ af 30. maj 2018 om ændring af direktiv 94/62/EF om emballage og emballageaffald).
The Packaging directive is expected to be replaced by a Packaging Ordinance (PPWR), which probably will be adopted in Q2 2024. - Single-use plastics directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2019/ af 5. juni 2019 on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastics products).