Packaging Law (2001) Country/Territory Latvia Document type Legislation Date 2001 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Latvijas Vēstnesis, 4, 09.01.2002.; Latvijas Republikas Saeimas un Ministru Kabineta Ziņotājs, 3, 14.02.2002. Subject Food & nutrition, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Packaging/labelling Waste management Waste prevention Recycling/reuse Waste non-domestic sources Internal trade Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe Abstract This Law regulates packaging which is defined as the aggregate of products attached to goods, which are utilised in order to protect, contain, deliver, preserve, easily use, and sell raw materials and finished goods and to become acquainted with them in the whole cycle of the circulation of packaging from producer to consumer. The packaging and packaging material, which the service provider attaches to products and which after the provision of services returns to the service provider, shall also be considered packaging. Packaging is detached from the goods prior to consumption or during consumption. The purpose of the Law is to ensure the development of packaging production, the introduction of advanced packing technologies and the establishment of a rational packaging waste management system in the State and thereby reducing the undesirable impact of packaging waste on the environment, and for this purpose ensuring the introduction of a voluntary agreement principle in the management of packaging waste; promoting the reuse of packaging; facilitating the reduction of the volume of packaging materials, but not changing either the intended or existing functions thereof; facilitating and ensuring the recovery of packaging waste; and determining the requirements for the packaging permitted for placing on the market in Latvia. Full text English/Latvian Website likumi.lv References - Legislation Implements Directive 2005/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Legislation | European Union | 2005 Keyword: Recycling/reuse, Waste prevention, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Directive 2004/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Legislation | European Union | 2004 Keyword: Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste. Legislation | European Union | 1994 Keyword: Waste prevention, Recycling/reuse, Solid waste, Access-to-information, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Regulation No. 139 regarding volumes and time periods for recovery of packaging waste, procedures for submission of reports and model forms of reports. Legislation | Latvia | 2002 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Data collection/reporting, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Cabinet Regulation No. 140 of 2002 on Packaging Classification and Marking Regulations Legislation | Latvia | 2002 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Waste management, Classification/declassification, Business/industry/corporations, Waste disposal, Waste non-domestic sources, Internal trade, International trade, Pollution control, Processing/handling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Law amending Packaging Law. Legislation | Latvia | 2005 Keyword: Packaging/labelling, Recycling/reuse, Waste non-domestic sources, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX