The Implementing Regulation 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020, published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 18 December, establishes harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic product, including wet wipes. A corrigendum has just been published on 5 March 2021 in several European languages to modify the visual and wording to be affixed to packaging (the English version has not been modified).
Annex II of Regulation 2020/2151 involves harmonised specifications for the marking of wet wipes.
It has been amended in all languages except for the English version.
In English, the marking therefore remains unchanged, with the visual
and the mention
“PLASTIC IN PRODUCT”
These provisions are applicable as from 3 July 2021.
Sources
• Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2151 of 17 December 2020 laying down rules on harmonised marking specifications on single-use plastic products listed in Part D of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment, Official Journal of the European Union, L 428/57, 18 December 2020
• Rectificatif au Règlement d’exécution (UE) 2020/2151 de la Commission du 17 décembre 2020 établissant les règles concernant des spécifications harmonisées relatives au marquage des produits en plastique à usage unique énumérés dans la partie D de l’annexe de la directive (UE) 2019/904 du Parlement européen et du Conseil relative à la réduction de l’incidence de certains produits en plastique sur l’environnement, Journal officiel de l’Union européenne, L 77/40, 5 March 2021
