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Even if packaging does not reach German end users to a large extent, in most cases the system participation obligation for the disposal of packaging waste still applies. Here, you can find out which packaging is subject to system participation in Germany and which is not.

VERE e.V. criticizes the use of tobacco legislation to impose a health-related ban, as this would result in an effective prohibition of all vaporisers in Germany.

In the future, sellers and producers may have to deal with stricter controls. This is due to legal action against a prominent German non-food discounter, where inspections of three of its outlets found that the return of deposit-bearing disposable packaging and payment of deposits were denied.

An EU one-stop shop for Extended Producer Responsibility sounds promising, but carries considerable technical, organisational and financial risks.

VERE opposes the establishment of a central EU-wide reporting platform for Extended Producer Responsibility, arguing that it would weaken national systems, lead to high costs, and create data protection and liability issues by opening the European market to traders from outside the EU.

After an initial debate, the German Bundestag referred the bill to the Environment Committee for further discussion. Prior to this, the Federal Cabinet had approved the draft bill submitted by the Federal Ministry for the Environment for a law to harmonise national law with the EU Batteries Regulation.

The VERE Association welcomes the appointment of Gitta Connemann as the Federal Government's Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Today more than ever, SMEs need her hands-on personality, which is always focussed on the matter in hand rather than ideology.

The VERE e.V. expressly welcomes the consideration of the criticism previously expressed by the association regarding the amount of the security deposit for industrial batteries, in addition to the clearly expressed points of criticism. VERE points out, among other things, that the placing of industrial batteries on the market becomes more expensive due to the security deposit and thus the incentives to circumvent the law remain high.

The new EU Single Market Strategy focuses on removing the "Terrible Ten", i.e. the ten most harmful barriers reported by businesses, including in particular fragmented rules on packaging, labelling and waste (rank 6) and lack of product compliance (rank 7). Here you will find the most important proposed actions.