Okay Reception The group Our services News Regulations Contacts Home > Regulations > Environment Environment Ecological packaging: Directive 94/62 / EC on packaging and packaging waste of December 20, 1994, sets the essential requirements and obligations that packaging must meet on the market. This directive is transposed into French law by four decrees: o Decree n ° 92-377 relating to household packaging, o Decree n ° 94-609 relating to industrial and commercial packaging, o Decree n ° 96-1008 relating to disposal plans household and similar waste, o Decree No. 98-638 relating to the consideration of environmental requirements in the design and manufacture of packaging. The essential requirements are: o Design, manufacture and composition of the packaging: Prevention by reducing the weight and / or volume of the packaging at source. Minimization of the use of substances dangerous for the environment. Reusable nature of the packaging (for reusable packaging). Recoverable nature of the packaging (for all packaging) by at least one of the following forms of recovery: Material recycling, Energy recovery , Composting and biodegradation. The packaging must also comply with limit values for heavy metals. Heavy metal content: concentration limited to 100ppm for lead + cadmium + mercury + hexavalent chromium. IPCE regulations: The regime for installations classified for the protection of the environment (ICPE) results from a law of July 19, 1976 (now codified in articles L 511-1 et seq. Of the Environmental Code) and its decree of application of September 21, 1977. This law of 1976 replaced a law of December 19, 1917 which classified establishments according to three criteria: unhealthy, dangerous, or inconvenient. List of establishments in the Packaging Universe subject to prefectural declaration and authorization: dispac Corné and St Sylvain; Hugonnet Tuc and St Michel; Jullian Noves and St Gilles and Point Vert. Directives French site for the protection of the environment through eco-packaging, which organizes sorting, collection and recycling in France. Previous page Print Top of page Site map - Legal notices - Commercial agencies - Useful links - Send to a friend