Deposit System Applications for Packaging
On June 29, 2020, the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization amended the procedures and principles regarding the implementation of the regulation on recycling participation fees.
To access the Procedures and Principles Regarding Amendments to the Procedures and Principles for the Implementation of the Regulation on Recycling Participation Fee, published on June 29th: Click here.
To access the Procedures and Principles Regarding Deposit System Applications for Reusable Packaging, please refer to the date of June 29th. Click here.
With the published Procedures and Principles regarding the implementation of the deposit system. For packaging subject to the deposit system, a GEKAP declaration will be submitted, but no GEKAP payment will be made.
In order to ensure the reuse of packaging materials resulting from the consumption/use of goods and/or materials delivered to consumers and/or users in reusable packaging, a deposit management system shall be established in accordance with the principles determined by the Ministry. If approval is obtained from the Ministry, a GEKAP declaration will be submitted for packaging placed on the market to be collected back within the scope of the deposit system, but no GEKAP payment will be made.. For amounts released into the market under the deposit scheme but not collected back, a recycling participation fee will be paid.
An example related to this topic is given below:
Example: A product is placed on the market by legal entity (X) using reusable packaging. A deposit scheme plan prepared by legal entity (X) in accordance with the procedures and principles determined by the Ministry has been submitted to the Ministry and approved by the Ministry, and a code number (…./….) has been assigned to the deposit scheme via the information system. In this case, legal entity (X) will enter the quantity of reusable packaging it has placed on the market and the deposit scheme code number given by the Ministry into its recycling participation declaration, and no recycling participation fee will be collected for reusable packaging. The quantities of packaging placed on the market by legal entity (X) under the deposit scheme but not collected will be checked via the Ministry's information system, and the quantities of packaging not collected by the end of the year will be declared in the following recycling participation declaration period, and the recycling participation fee will be paid.”
The definitions of reusable packaging in the published Procedures and Principles are also listed below:
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