Fishing gear

Order on extended producer responsibility for fishing gear containing plastic

The draft provides for an obligation for producers who place fishing gear containing plastic on the market toregister themselves or their representative in a producer register, including registering certain information, cf.Sections 3 to 9 of the draft. Producers are also required to pay a fee for registration, cf. Section 39(1) of thedraft.

The draft also provides for the obligation for producers to report information on quantities of fishing gearcontaining plastic placed on the market (or expected to be placed on the market) as well as certain informationon quantities of end-of-life fishing gear containing plastic that have been taken back and waste-treated, cf.Sections 25-29 of the draft. Reports shall be made to the organisation responsible for the producer register(Dansk Producentansvar).
The draft also provides that collective schemes must be set up in the producer register in order for theobligations of producers, as referred to in Section 30(1) of the draft, to be transferred to the collective scheme,cf. Section 32(1) of the draft.
‘Producer’ is defined in Section 2, No 16, of the draft. ‘Collective schemes’ are defined in Section 2, No 9, ofthe draft.
In addition, the draft contains provisions on producers’ collection of fishing gear containing plastic,manufacturers’ security and self-monitoring, collective schemes and their self-monitoring procedure,information for end-users, fees for the allocation scheme and administration, Dansk Producentansvar’sretention of documents, Dansk Producentansvar’s and the Danish Environmental Protection Agency’sadministrative cooperation, supervision, complaints and penalties.