- diversification of methods for fulfilling the obligation of a selective collection of packagings referred to in item 3 of Annex 1a to the Act,

- obligation to achieve a separate collection rate for packagings of at least the amount specified in item 3 of Annex 1a to the Act.

5th Parliamentary Draft Act amending the Packaging and Packaging Waste Management Act and the Act amending the Packaging and Packaging Waste Management Act and certain other acts.

The draft provides that persons placing products in beverage packagings and directly placing products in beverage packagings remain obliged to achieve a level of separate collection of packaging of at least the amount specified in item 3 of Annex 1a to the Act. The draft aims to clarify rules for the implementation of the obligation to separately collect beverage packagings made up of reusable glass bottles.

Under current legislation, packagings collected outside the deposit-refund system may be counted towards the obligation set out in Article 21a(2) of the Act, but there are no provisions specifying detailed conditions and a manner of demonstrating compliance with this obligation in relation to collection systems operated outside the deposit-refund system. At the same time, it is proposed that a participation in the central deposit and return system for packagings referred to in item 3 of Annex 1a to the Act should be voluntary, while allowing businesses to operate their own collection systems for reusable glass bottles. The draft stipulates that provisions concerning entities directly placing products in beverage packagings on the market, with the exception of those relating to the deposit system, shall apply accordingly to entities placing products in beverage packagings referred to in item 3 of Annex 1a to the Act which have not joined the deposit system