Amendment to packing: Associations expect more legal certainty and competition Bonn/Berlin-Association food industry experts through the adoption of the fifth amendment of the Ordinance (Ordinance) expect fair competition, more legal certainty and the inventory of the household recyclable material collection. It reported dairy news magazine. So, as well as the brands Association had positioned among the Federal Association of the German food industry (BVE) according to. The GNI have for years for an appropriate amendment campaigned, to ensure the existence of the household collection”, so the magazine. While the political discussions many trade associations, including the dairy industry association, had opted for the new vertices.” “The amendment can handle now a mandatory participation for first placing of sales packaging filled with goods are dual systems starting in 2009.” Include with the exception of the private labels of the Trade the producers filling from. To create more transparency on the sales packaging put into circulation, the first placing must return an annual completeness, if you distribute sales packages beyond the legally specific amounts.” The Federal Association of the German confectionery industry e.V. (BDSI) expressed his positive amendment.
Through the new regulation, legal certainty will created who must license the dual systems namely the so-called first placing. This is typically the manufacturer or trade marks the respective trading company. Should do not diminish the competition of different providers”, so the opinion of the Association. The competition for the former monopolist Duales system Germany will in the meantime (DSD/green point larger.) Altogether, there are nine dual systems in Germany. From 2009 the packaging must no longer wear the DSD logo in accordance with the amendment, the Labelling is eliminated. The Franconian BellandVision, since the beginning of disposal partner of the trade giant Edeka, is likely to the winners of the amendment include. For many retailers, so the milk news, ask their suppliers now, to license the supplied packaging for its cooperation partner BellandVision and its dual system BellandDual.” The alternative, which consent find also at the Federal Environment Ministry (BMU), is trading companies as third parties commissioned to carry out the licensing for their suppliers even. As a result, this exonerates the supplier, trading could ensure that no so-called black driver packaging would delivered to end users. “For sensitive fines for negligent dissemination of free-riding packages threaten the trade.