PACKAGING

As part of its new “Green Deal”, the European Union is planning a new initiative to halve waste by 2030 by prioritising the recycling of textiles, batteries and packaging. The European Commission is expected to present ways of achieving this goal under the Circular Economy Action Plan, expected to be published on 10 March 2020, with a particular focus on prolonging the life of products, and encouraging consumers to choose repairing devices over purchasing brand new ones. More

The U.S. International Trade Commission has initiated the preliminary phase of antidumping and countervailing injury investigations of certain mainland Chinese glass containers, which are generally intended for the conveyance or packing of beverages and other liquids or food materials. A schedule for these investigations will be issued shortly. More

On 29 July 2019, Commission Decision 2019/1268 on the proposed citizens' initiative entitled ‘Let's put an end to the era of plastic in Europe’ was published in the Official Journal of the EU. It is noted there that, on 3 July, the citizen’s initiative for the revision of EU Directive 2019/904, namely, the EU Directive on the impact of certain plastics on the environment was registered by the European Commission. More

Hong Kong exporters may like to be informed that EU Member States will begin strengthening market surveillance of products being imported into the internal market to ensure their compliance with consumer, workplace, and public health and safety requirements. More