{"id":995,"date":"2020-08-22T11:54:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-22T09:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erioncare.syroop.com\/legislation\/faq\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T10:20:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T08:20:07","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/erioncare.it\/en\/legislation\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"Faq"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n 1 – Who is the Producer of tobacco products? \t\t\t\t\t
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Legislative Decree No. 196 of 2021<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(\u201cSUP Decree\u201d), which implements\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>Directive (EU) 2019\/904<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, gives a definition of the entities subject to the rules on Extended Producer Responsibility. According to this definition, \u2018Producer\u2019 means a natural or legal person established in a Member State that professionally manufactures, fills, sells or imports, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts [\u2026] and places on the <\/span>national <\/span>market single-use plastic products and filled single-use plastic products […]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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\n 2 – What are the obligations for the Producer of tobacco products? \t\t\t\t\t
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The legislation establishes an obligation for the Producer of tobacco products with filters or filters marketed for use in combination with tobacco products to participate, by 5 January 2023, in an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme to contribute to the management of waste from tobacco products.<\/p>\n

Specifically, through this EPR scheme, Producers shall ensure, in proportion to the weight of the plastic component in relation to that of the product, that they cover the costs related to the following activities:<\/p>\n

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  1. awareness-raising measures related to the aforementioned products;<\/li>\n
  2. removal of waste from such dispersed products and its subsequent transport and treatment of such waste;<\/li>\n
  3. collection and reporting of data in accordance with Article 178-ter (3) (5) of Legislative Decree No. 152 of 3 April 2006<\/u><\/strong><\/a>;<\/li>\n
  4. collection of waste for such products delivered into public collection systems, including the infrastructure and its operation, and subsequent transport and treatment of such waste. These costs include the creation and provision to users of specific infrastructures for the collection of waste from such products, such as dedicated recipients or containers in places where the waste is normally discarded.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Producers must affix on the packaging of new products placed on the market, in addition to the requirements of Legislative Decree No. 6 of 12 January 2016, a marking to inform consumers about:<\/p>\n

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    1. appropriate waste management arrangements consistent with existing collection systems, as well as the forms of disposal to be avoided for waste management in accordance with the waste hierarchy;<\/li>\n
    2. the presence of plastic in the product and the consequent negative impact on the environment of the dispersion or other improper forms of disposal of the waste.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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      Legislative Decree No. 196 of 8 November 2021<\/u><\/strong> <\/a>provides for administrative pecuniary sanctions for noncompliant Producers:<\/p>\n