Single-Use Plastics Directive
Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment
- Stage
- In force, reached 12 Jun 2019
- In force
- In force since 2 Jul 2019 · CELEX 32019L0904
- Transposition deadline
- 3 Jul 2021
- Procedure
- Directive · Ordinary legislative procedure
- Lead DG
- DG ENV
- Commissioner
- Karmenu Vella
- Last activity
- 2 Jul 2019
Where it stands
Latest: Implementing act adopted: Single-use plastic bottles - calculation/reporting (EU rules), 30 Jun 2026.
ShowHide the earlier record: 10 dates, 12 Jan 2018 to 27 Mar 2019
- 12 Jan 2018
- Inception impact assessment closed: Reducing marine litter: action on single use plastics and fishing gear, 28 responses · Commission
- 28 May 2018
- Adoption by Commission
- 29 May 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 30 May 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 11 Jun 2018
- Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
- 24 Jul 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- Feedback on adopted proposal closed: Reducing marine litter: action on single use plastics and fishing gear, 138 responses · Commission
- 16 Oct 2018
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 24 Oct 2018
- Adoption by EP plenary of the mandate for interinstitutional negotiations and referral of the matter back to the committee responsible
- EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
- 18 Jan 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 27 Mar 2019
- EP position at first reading
- 2 Apr 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 8 May 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 10 May 2019
- Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
- 21 May 2019
- Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
- 5 Jun 2019
- Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
- 12 Jun 2019
- Publication in the Official Journal
- 9 Oct 2023
- Commission plans implementing act under parent act
- 30 Jun 2026
- Implementing act adopted: Single-use plastic bottles - calculation/reporting (EU rules)
Amendments
Tabled between 16 Oct 2018 and 22 Oct 2018. The texts are in the amendment documents below.
By committee
- ENVI90
Covers 90 of the 164 amendments.
By author
- Younous Omarjee16
- Aldo Patriciello13
- Dubravka Šuica13
- Gabriel Mato13
- György Hölvényi13
- Herbert Dorfmann13
- Mara Bizzotto13
- Massimiliano Salini13
- Monika Hohlmeier13
- Paulo Rangel13
ShowHide 10 more authors
- Raffaele Fitto13
- Rosa Estaràs Ferragut13
- Merja Kyllönen10
- Esther Herranz García9
- Lynn Boylan9
- Pina Picierno9
- Dario Tamburrano7
- Francisco José Millán Mon7
- Kateřina Konečná6
- Fulvio Martusciello4
Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 36 of the 164 amendments.
By article
- Annex I – part B – indent 27
- Annex I – part B – indent 37
- Annex I – part B – indent 6 a (new)4
- Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 24
- Recital 94
- Annex I – part A – indent 23
- Annex I – part B – indent 53
- Annex I – part B – indent 6 b (new)3
- Annex I – part A – indent 2 a (new)2
- Annex I – part B – indent 62
ShowHide 20 more provisions
- Annex I – part B – indent 6 c (new)2
- Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point b a (new)2
- Article 17 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 22
- Article 4 – paragraph 2 a (new)2
- Article 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 12
- Article 8 – paragraph 32
- Recital 12 a (new)2
- Recital 13 b (new)2
- Recital 152
- Annex I – Part A (new)1
- Annex I – Part E – indent 51
- Annex I – part A1
- Annex I – part A – indent 11
- Annex I – part A – indent 2 b (new)1
- Annex I – part B a (new)1
- Annex I – part B – indent 3 a (new)1
- Annex I – part B – indent 41
- Annex I – part B – indent 6 d (new)1
- Annex I – part C – indent 11
- Annex I – part C – indent 1 a (new)1
Covers 68 of the 164 amendments.
Delegated and implementing acts beneath it
By status: 8 published, 1 planned.
| Act | Kind | Status | Adoption |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1425 | Implementing · Decision | Published | Q4 2024 |
| EU rules for the calculation and reporting of recycled content in single-use plastic bottles | Implementing · Decision | Planned | Q4 2024 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2683 | Implementing · Decision | Published | Q4 2023 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2106 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/162 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2267 | Implementing · Decision | Published | Q4 2021 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1752 | Implementing · Decision | Published | |
| Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2151 | Implementing · Regulation | Published | Q4 2020 |
| Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/958 | Implementing · Decision | Published |
Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.
Documents
Newest first. Each opens at its source.
- Report · A8-0317/2018Parliament
- Proposal · COM(2018)0340Commission
- Text adopted · Directive 2019/0904Commission
- Agenda · GEDA/A/(2019)000622Parliament
- Text adopted · OJ L 155 12.06.2019, p. 0001Commission
- Report · PE623.714Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE623.923Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE625.356Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE625.401Parliament
- Committee opinion · PE625.586Parliament
- Amendments · PE627.610Parliament
- Amendments · PE627.611Parliament
- Amendments · PE627.612Parliament
- Agenda · PE632.990Parliament
- Text adopted · SP(2019)437Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0305/2019Parliament
- Text adopted · T8-0411/2018Parliament
Consultations on it
The Commission's Have Your Say consultations linked to this file. Each title opens on the Commission's portal.
| Consultation | Feedback deadline | Feedback received |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Jul 2018 | 166 |
Summary
GeneratedDirective (EU) 2019/904, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/40, targets single-use plastics, oxo-degradable plastics, and fishing gear. It bans certain products, requires attached caps, 25% recycled PET by 2025 and 30% by 2030, and 77% separate collection by 2025, 90% by 2029. Extended producer responsibility schemes cover cleanup and collection costs.
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