The opinion among the almost 300 participants at the German Packaging Congress of the German Packaging Institute (dvi) was clear: according to a show of hands survey, most of them were in favor of the PPWR negotiated to date. However, many had attached a "but" to their "yes". During the course of the congress, several representatives of the packaging industry stated that they did not like the regulation, but that they finally wanted uniform regulations in the EU and a conclusion to the negotiations. The congress participants were therefore eagerly awaiting the presentation by Judith Skudelny, the environmental policy spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group in the Bundestag. In response to questions from the audience and from moderator Claudia Fasse, for the first time, she declared publicly that the FDP would agree to the Packaging Ordinance along with the German government. The official result came the next day: after months of wrangling, the project achieved the required majority in the vote of EU ambassadors on Friday, March 14. The coalition government had previously agreed to give its consent.
- 03/18/2024
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"Better a Bad Regulation than no Regulation?"
At the German Packaging Congress in Berlin, around 300 representatives from the industry discussed current political and economic issues under the motto "Packaging 2024: Shaping Europe's future". The German Institute (dvi), organizer of the congress, also announced its newly eletced Team of board members.
