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.
See the consultation responses VANA has written during the implementation process here (danish).
Danish legislation - executive order
Packaging:
- Executive order on registration and reporting (Registerbekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk) (Danish). When are you a producer and what must be reported in 2024. Registerbekendtgørelsen is phase 1 in the implementation of the producer responsibility. It will be cancelled and replaced by the phase 2 ordinance when it comes into force.
- Executive Order on certain requirements for packaging (Emballagebekendtgørelsen (retsinformation.dk) (Danish).
- 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).
Guides:
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guide to Registerbekenbdtgørelsen
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency's guide on determining and calculating graduated contributions
Find the guides here: Packaging - The Danish Environmeltal Agency (Danish) Link is to the main page because the Danish Environmental Protection Agency updates the guides continuously.
Single-use plastic products:
Guides:
- The Danish Environmental Protection Agency has not issued a guide to single-use plastic products, but their information material can be found here: Single-use plastics - Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish).
- The EU Commission guidelines on product criteria for single-use plastic products (Danish).
Danish legislation - general framework
Political agreement
- Agreement on extended producer responsibility: Find the agreement here (Danish).
EU
- Revised waste directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2018/ af 30. maj 2018 om ændring af direktiv 2008/98/EF om affald) (Danish).
- 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) (Danish).
The Packaging directive is expected to be replaced by a Packaging Ordinance (PPWR), which probably will be adopted in Q1 2025. - Single-use plastics directive: (Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets direktiv (EU) 2019/ af 5. juni 2019) (Danish) on reducing the environmental impact of certain plastics products).