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Does a restaurant still using these formats in 2030 risk a fine?

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In principle, no, because the ban applies to placing on the market and therefore targets the producer: a manufacturer established in the Union, an importer or a retailer selling under its own brand. A restaurant buying consumables is not the producer of those products. The risk is commercial: from 1 January 2030, its suppliers may no longer deliver the formats listed in Annex V. It is better to prepare the replacement, which takes 6 to 12 months where an alternative is already available off the shelf, to avoid supply disruption and a change negotiated under pressure.

Read the source article: PPWR banned packaging formats: the Annex V list explained