Act on packaging management and packaging waste. Country/Territory Poland Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen., Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Waste management Transboundary movement of waste Offences/penalties International trade Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, European Union Countries Entry into force notes This Act enters into force on 1 January 2013. Abstract The purpose of this Act is to reduce the quantity and the harmfulness to the environment of materials and substances contained in packaging and packaging waste and the quantity and environmental impact of packaging and packaging waste on the stage of the production process, marketing, distribution and processing, in particular by producing clean products and the use of clean technologies. This Act lays down: (1) requirements for packaging placed on the market; (2) principles of recycling of pack Full text Polish Website isip.sejm.gov.pl References - Legislation Repeals Act on packages and package wastes. Legislation | Poland | 2001 | Repealed Keyword: Waste management, Transboundary movement of waste, Offences/penalties, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Act amending the Act on packages and package wastes. Legislation | Poland | 2003 | Repealed Keyword: Waste management, Hazardous substances, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Regulation on the method of determining the total content of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in packaging. Legislation | Poland | 2015 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Hazardous substances, Solid waste, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on packaging which are not the subject to requirements for the content of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in packaging. Legislation | Poland | 2015 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Hazardous substances, Solid waste, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation amending Regulation on types and amount of waste for which there is no obligation to keep records of waste. Legislation | Poland | 2015 Keyword: Waste management, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on types and amount of waste for which there is no obligation to keep records of waste. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Waste management, Classification/declassification, Data collection/reporting Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the packaging marking design. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Waste management, Waste prevention Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on model documents used for registration of wastes. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Waste management, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on the sample list of products that are considered or not considered to be packaging. Legislation | Poland | 2013 Keyword: Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on model documents DPO and DPR. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Waste management, Transboundary movement of waste, Standards Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on annual levels of recovery and recycling of packaging waste from households. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Waste management, Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regulation on model documents EDPO and EDPR. Legislation | Poland | 2014 Keyword: Waste management, Transboundary movement of waste, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX