FACUA prompts the Government to transpose the EU directive banning single-use plastics
The Association warns that in the absence of national legislation it is not possible to sanction companies that violate the ban on the sale of these products.
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España-05/07/2021
FACUA-Consumers in Action prompts the Government to transpose the European directive banning single-use plastics in the European Union (EU) at once. The deadline for transposing the ban into national legislation was 3 July, with the exception of certain cases provided for in article 17.
Directive (EU) 2019/904 of 5 June 2019 on reducing the impact of certain plastic products on the environment gave EU Member States until 3 July 2019 to transpose the ban on the sale of any product made of oxo-degradable plastic, including beads smaller than 5 millimetres, cotton buds, plastic cutlery, plates, straws, drink stir sticks, balloon sticks, polystyrene foam containers and polystyrene foam cups.
The Spanish Government, however, has not yet approved the draft law on waste and conta
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