France | An end to the penalties for confusion caused by some recycling markings
![Sidebar Image](https://cdnmedia.eurofins.com/corporate-eurofins/media/12158118/h1.jpg)
France
An end to the penalties for confusion caused by some recycling markings
On 6th July 2023, the French authorities published Decisions 449872, 450134 & 450158 of June 30, 2023 which cancelled the following decrees:
- Decree of 30 November 2020 relating to signs and markings that may lead to confusion about the rule for sorting or returning product waste, which came into force on 1 January 2021.
Specifically, this order defined signs and markings that may lead to such confusion as figures/ graphics representing two or more arrows rolled up and inscribed in a circle.
- Point 4 of part II of the appendix to the decree of December 25, 2020, amending the specifications of eco-organizations in the household packaging sector, indicates a penalty to product packaging on which is affixed one of the signs or one of the markings defined in the Decree of 30 November 2020. This penalty was effective from 1 April 2021.