The new packaging and waste legislation published in 2022 brings with it significant changes to EPR, in our view the most relevant aspects are:<\/p>\n
There are a number of circumstances that can confer on a company the role of product producer:<\/p>\n
If your company’s activity falls into any of the above cases, you are considered a product producer according to the legislation and therefore have to comply with the obligations related to extended producer responsibility. Contact us for more information.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What are my obligations as a Producer in the EPR?”][vc_column_text]The general obligations of the producer in relation to the EPR are set out in Article 17 of Royal Decree 1055\/2022. In addition, the producer has a series of obligations regarding the marking of packaging, information on invoices, registration and declaration in the register of producers, the incorporation of recycled material in packaging, etc., which are established in different articles of the legislation. If you want to learn more about them, we invite you to join the informative webinars that we organise at Procircular.[\/vc_column_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What is the difference between a SIRAP and a PRO?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]Royal Decree 1055\/2022 allows companies to meet their separate collection and recycling obligations for the waste they place on the market individually (SIRAP) or collectively (PRO). The difference is that in a SIRAP the company assumes the PAR on an individual basis and if it joins a PRO, it is the collective system that assumes this responsibility on its behalf.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”When does the Commercial and Industrial PAR obligation start?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]The obligation for EPR on commercial and industrial packaging starts on 1 January 2025, therefore companies have to choose either PRO or establish a SIRAP during 2024.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What is the role of a PRO?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]PRO is responsible for financing and\/or organising all or part of the separate collection of waste to meet separate collection and recycling targets at both regional and national level on behalf of its producer partners.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”Is it mandatory to join a PRO and when do I have to join?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]\n
Companies have to choose their PRO, or establish a SIRAP for their commercial and industrial packaging by 2024. In the case of household packaging, the obligation to be a member of a PRO dates back to 1998<\/p>\n[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”Can I switch from PRO if I am already in PRO?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]The legislation provides for the possibility for companies to change PRO each year by notifying the PRO to which it was previously affiliated and the register of producers. Article 17 of RD 1055\/2022 establishes that a company can be a member of several SCRAPs at the same time, with the condition that the same type of packaging has to be a member of only one PRO.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What information from the EPR has to appear on the invoice?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]\n
According to Article 15.3 of Regulation 1055\/2022, the number assigned in the entry in the Register of Producers must appear on invoices and any other documentation accompanying commercial transactions of packaged products from their placing on the market to the points of sale of goods or products to consumers for household packaging, or to the end user for commercial and industrial packaging. It is not necessary to cite which PRO it has joined.<\/p>\n
Article 23.5 sets out the information to be provided on the financial contribution to PRO: <\/p>\n
According to Royal Decree 1055\/2022, for registration in the Ministry’s Register of Product Producers, it must be the product producers who must make the entry in the packaging section of the register and make the declarations.<\/p>\n
PRO can perform registration and data reporting on your behalf only if the company authorises it to do so.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”When does green dot marking cease to be mandatory?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]RPWith the new Royal Decree 1055\/2022 the marking with the green dot symbol, which until now was compulsory on the Spanish market, is no longer compulsory.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”From what date am I obliged to do a PEPE?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]The Prevention and Ecodesign Plan must be submitted the year after the minimum thresholds established by RD 1055\/2022 in article 18 have been exceeded. Procircular will develop PEPEs in 2024 for companies that adhere to its PRO and support them in complying with this legal obligation.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”If I am a foreign company in Spain, what are my obligations?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]Under Spanish law, a foreign company must appoint an Authorised Representative in Spain for compliance with the EPR. In the event that he chooses not to do so, the responsibility would fall on the importer who would be responsible for placing the products on the market and would therefore have to comply with the obligations under the ADR.[\/nectar_responsive_text][\/toggle][\/toggles][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#cbecdf” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”-50″ bottom_padding=”px” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” gradient_type=”default” shape_type=”straight_section”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” top_margin=”50px” top_margin_phone=”10px” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][split_line_heading animation_type=”line-reveal-by-space” font_style=”h2″ text_color=”#ff7d4c” line_reveal_by_space_text_effect=”default” content_alignment=”default” mobile_content_alignment=”inherit” link_target=”_self” text_content=”About Procircular” text_direction=”default”][\/split_line_heading][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”50px” custom_height_phone=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_background” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” bg_color=”#cbecdf” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”10%” constrain_group_2=”yes” left_padding_tablet=”20%” constrain_group_4=”yes” right_padding_tablet=”20%” left_padding_phone=”24px” constrain_group_6=”yes” right_padding_phone=”24px” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” zindex=”10″ overflow=”visible” id=”faq” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.8″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” parallax_bg=”true” parallax_bg_speed=”fast” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color=”#64bbb2″ background_color_opacity=”1″ background_color_hover=”#64bbb2″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” el_class=”faq” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” gradient_type=”default” column_padding_type=”default”][toggles style=”minimal” accordion=”true” accordion_starting_functionality=”closed”][toggle color=”Extra-Color-1″ heading_tag=”default” heading_tag_functionality=”default” title=”What does Procircular offer compared to other PROs?”][nectar_responsive_text font_size_min=”14px” font_size_max=”20px” text_color=”#124a4d” font_size_desktop=”1.1vw” font_line_height=”1.6″]\n
Procircular bases its proposal on generating value for its clients on four pillars:<\/p>\n
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