Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1752 of 1 October 2021 laying down rules for the application of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the calculation, verification and reporting of data on the separate collection of waste single-use plastic beverage bottles

1 The amount of separately collected waste single-use plastic beverage bottles listed in Part F of the Annex to Directive (EU) 2019/904 (‘waste single-use bottles’) shall be calculated by dividing the weight of the separately collected waste single-use bottles by the weight of such single-use bottles placed on the market (‘single-use bottles placed on the market’). The resulting ratio shall be expressed in percent.

2 Member States shall apply the formulas laid down in Annex I to calculate the amount of separately collected waste single-use bottles.

1 The weight of the waste single-use bottles shall include the weight of their caps and lids.

2 The weight of the waste single-use bottles shall not include the weight of any remaining beverage.

3 The weight of the waste single-use bottles may include the weight of labels and adhesives only if it is included also in the weight of the single-use bottles placed on the market.

4 The waste single-use bottles shall be considered as separately collected where either of the following conditions is fulfilled: (a) the waste single-use bottles have been collected separately for recycling from any other waste; (b) the waste single-use bottles have been collected together with other waste packaging fractions of municipal waste or with other non-packaging plastic, metal, paper or glass fractions of municipal waste collected separately for recycling, and (i) the collection system does not collect waste likely to contain hazardous substances; (ii) the collection of waste and the subsequent sorting are designed and carried out to minimise contamination of collected waste single-use bottles from waste plastics not originating from such bottles and other waste; (iii) quality assurance systems are set up by the waste operators in order to verify that the conditions set out in points (i) and (ii) are fulfilled.

5 The quality assurance systems referred to in paragraph 4, point (b)(iii) shall: (a) take account of the adequacy of personnel, their knowledge and skills, and the organisation of the premises and equipment to the extent necessary to ensure that collected waste single-use bottles comply with the conditions set out in paragraph 4, point (b)(i) and (ii); (b) carry out the verifying operations accordance with pre-established instructions and procedures; (c) be certified by an independent third party.

6 The weight of waste single-use bottles collected separately in accordance with paragraph 4, point (a), shall be measured at the point where they are collected or at the output of the sorting operations. The weight of such waste bottles may be calculated by counting the bottles provided that conversion factors are applied that take into account the weight of each bottle size, the polymer type of the bottles and the lids and caps as well as the losses in subsequent sorting operations.

7 The weight of waste single-use bottles collected separately in accordance with paragraph 4, point (b), shall be measured at the output of the sorting operations where they are separated from the other waste with which they were collected.

8 Where waste single-use bottles and other packaging waste of the same polymer are present at the output of a sorting operation, the weight of the waste single-use bottles shall be proportional to the share of waste single-use bottles at the input of a sorting operation. That share shall be determined based on representative sampling and subsequent compositional analysis or by use of electronic registries.

1 The weight of single-use bottles placed on the market shall include only the weight of such bottles that were placed on the market after having been filled with beverage.

2 The weight of single-use bottles placed on the market may, where there are significant imports, exports or other movements within the Union of such bottles by operators or by natural persons for their own personal use, be adjusted in order to take account of such movements.

3 In cases where Member States determine the weight of single-use bottles placed on the market on the basis of the weight of the waste generated from such products as referred to in Article 9(1), second subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2019/904, the weight of that waste shall include the following: (a) separately collected waste single-use bottles, irrespective of whether or not they meet the requirements set out in Article 2(4), points (a) and (b); (b) waste single-use bottles collected as mixed municipal waste; (c) waste single-use bottles disposed of as litter outside of waste collection systems, irrespective of whether or not they have subsequently been collected. The weight of the bottles referred to in the first subparagraph, points (b) and (c), shall be calculated by applying the sampling methodology and the waste composition analysis set out in Article 4.

1 The data collection for the waste composition analysis shall be based on surveys and a collection of representative samples. This data collection shall take into account: (a) seasonal variations of waste single-use bottles disposed as litter outside of waste collection systems; (b) variations in the levels of urbanisation; (c) variations in frequency, types and location of municipal waste collection.

2 The data collection and analysis referred to in paragraph 1 shall cover the entire territory of a given Member State.

1 Collection of data to calculate the weight of waste single-use bottles and single-use bottles placed on the market in accordance with Article 2 and Article 3shall be carried out every year. Member States shall, to the extent possible, use electronic registries to collect and report data.

2 Member States shall report the data referred to in Article 13(1), point (c), of Directive (EU) 2019/904 in the format laid down in Annex II to this Decision and submit the quality check report referred to in Article 13(2) of that Directive as regards those data in the format laid down in Annex III to this Decision.

3 The Commission shall publish the data reported by the Member States unless a Member State provides a justified request in the report referred to in paragraph 2 to withhold the publication of certain data.

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.