- The Own Resources Decision 2020/2053 introduces, at EU level, from 1 January 2021, a new category of own financial resources in the context of the European Green Deal. This is a national contribution to the EU budget based on the amount of non-recycled plastic packaging waste and calculated based on the weight of plastic packaging waste that is not recycled (total non-recycled plastic packaging waste minus recycled plastic packaging), with a uniform rate of call of EUR 0.80 per kilogram.Contributions shall be calculated on the basis of Eurostat data. Member States are already obliged to collect and report data on the generation and recycling of plastic packaging waste in accordance with Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste and its Implementing Decision (Decision 2019/665).
The EU expects this new own resource to result in an annual revenue of €7 billion. According to the studies conducted, Spain’s contribution would be between 400 and 650 million euros, to which the reduction of 142 million euros per year provided for in Article 2.2 of Decision 2020/2053 should be deducted for presenting a gross national income lower than the European average.
- UK has implemented a Plastic Packaging tax on April 1, 2022. Spain and Spain will follow per January 1, 2023.
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