Establishment or revision of legal measures, including bans or restriction on specific categories of plastic packaging and/or products considered problematic or unnecessary: Regarding the ePS, Decree No. 2020-1828 bans some of these packaging from 3 July 2021:

1) ePS containers for nomadic or on site consumption (like sandwich/kebab boxes);

2) ePS beverage containers;

3) 100% plastic cups (in particular ePS) for single use considered as packaging (e.g. for coffee machines). A trajectory of reducing the amount of plastic in cups is planned from 2021 for multi-material cups.

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies, funding schemes to encourage innovation and research into alternative materials or designs) or disincentives (e.g. tax, charges): Regarding PVC, the State validated the new CITEO tariff for plastic packaging applying for 2020 which sets a tariff increase of 75% for PVC packaging compared to the basic tariff (clear PET packaging for bottles). This 75% increase should be increased to 100% in 2022.This increase is cumulative with the 100% malus already existing for PVC bottles and flasks and the malus for rigid PET packaging containing PVC

Encouragement of voluntary actions: The French Pact on plastic packaging signed in 2019 published its first annual report for 2020. A list of 17 problematic or unnecessary plastic packaging to be eliminated has been published and 12 others are under investigation (to be completed by end of 2021). 5800 tons of such plastics have been avoided or eliminated in 2020 over 2019, representing a reduction of 2.5% of the total volume of plastic packaging put in the market by the signatories, out of which PVC represents only 0.5%.

Promotion of innovation in business models and/or other alternative solutions to drive elimination of problematic and unnecessary plastic packaging and/or products: Within the formulation process of the 1st five-year decree setting reduction, reuse and recycling targets for single-use plastic packaging, the so-called "3R decree" covering the period 2021-2025, a study "Which 3R potential by 2025 for single-use plastic packaging" (https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/MTE-Summary-3R-ENG.pdf) was carried out with the stakeholders in July 2020, identifying various 3R alternatives for the main product/packaging format associations and their potential

ePS,Single-use plastic bags,Single-use plastic bottles,Single-use plastic cups

Establishment or revision of legal measures, including bans or restriction on specific categories of plastic packaging and/or products considered problematic or unnecessary: Will be banned in 2021:

- The import and manufacture for the purpose of making available on the national territory single-use plastic bags (cashier bags or point-of-sale very light packaging bags, except, for the latter, compostable bags in domestic composting and made, in whole or in part, of bio-based materials;

- The free distribution of plastic bottles in establishments open to the public and in business premises.

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies, funding schemes to encourage innovation and research into alternative materials or designs) or disincentives (e.g. tax, charges): ADEME (Agency for ecological transition) will support (2021 onwards) eco-design activities to increase recyclability and the incorporation of recycled materials.

Targets: companies, local authorities, trade unions, associations...

Actions financed: diagnostic support or studies, as well as investments.

Provide more details about the selected actions - Establishment or revision of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes: Beyond unnecessary packaging or deemed excessive, the law against waste for a circular economy (“AGEC law”) provides that the EPR organizations have to set objectives to reduce packaging placed on the market, in particular single-use plastic packaging. Failure to achieve these objectives can be sanctioned (2023). The "3R" decree also sets an objective of a 20% reduction (expressed in tonnage of plastic incorporated / reference year 2018) in single-use plastic packaging by 31 December 2025.

Changes to public procurement to support products without problematic or unnecessary plastic: The State no longer purchases single-use plastic for use in the workplace and at events it organizes (2022)

Provide more details about the selected actions - Delivery of awareness raising and education campaigns: The AGEC law provides that by 1 January 2022, EPR organizations will make available to consumers a reporting device via an application allowing them to report products with packaging that they consider excessive. Eco-modulations will take into account the reports thus made. Each year, the EPR organizations concerned publish an assessment of the consumer reports reported the previous year and the actions that resulted from them.

Provision of reliable packaging and/or product information to consumers: consumer information will be strengthened in particular on the recyclability of the packaging (2022)

Encouragement of voluntary actions: The Ministry for Ecological Transition who signed the National Pact on plastic packaging will follow closely the decisions taken by the signatories expected before the end of 2021 for the various resin/packaging formats which are under scrutiny and which will join the list of problematic packaging if no recycling chain is deemed operational.

Promotion of innovation in business models and/or other alternative solutions to drive elimination of problematic and unnecessary plastic packaging and/or products: A 3R strategy for plastic packaging will be formulated by the end of 2021 with the stakeholders to define the actions and the accompanying measures to be put in place to achieve the 3R objectives for single-use plastic packaging defined by the “3R” decree for the 2021-2025 period.

Piloting or scaling up of reuse solutions/systems: The “3R” decree sets a reduction target of 20% (expressed in tonnage of incorporated plastic / reference year 2018) of single-use plastic packaging by 31 December 2025, with bulk and reuse considered as reduction alternatives. The decree specifies that at least 50% of this objective must be obtained by means of reuse of packaging, taking into account the specific potential of the products for which these packaging is intended, which corresponds to an objective of at least 10% for reuse.

Promotion of collaboration with the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: Within the formulation process of the first five-year decree setting reduction, re-use and recycling targets for single-use plastic packaging, the so-called "3R decree" covering the period 2021-2025, a study "Which 3R potential by 2025 for single-use plastic packaging" (https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/sites/default/files/MTE-Summary-3R-ENG.pdf) was carried out with various stakeholders in July 2020, identifying various 3R alternatives for the main product/packaging format associations and their pot

Encouragement of voluntary actions: 54% of the signatories of the French Pact on plastic packaging has undertaken pilot schemes for reuse.

Other actions taken: To date, reliable data are only available for reusable packaging for beverages. An estimated number of 533 400 000 and 20 000 000 units of reusable packaging for beverages (metal drums and glass bottles) were introduced in the French market in 2018 for catering and household sectors respectively. As a result, an estimated 1,9% of reusable packaging for beverages sold in 2018 with a base of 29 billion units of single-use beverages packaging placed in the French market in 2018

Piloting or scaling up of reuse solutions/systems: A reuse observatory will be created in 2021 and will assess the relevance of reuse solutions from an environmental and economic point of view; specify by product categories the trajectory in terms of the share of reused packaging placed on the market compared to single-use packaging and support, in conjunction with EPR organisations, experiments and the deployment of the means necessary to achieve the objectives.

Establishment or revision of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes: - EPR organizations will have to devote annually at least 2% of the amount of contributions they receive to the development of solutions for the reuse of packaging (2023);

-the financial contributions paid by producers will be modulated according to environmental performance criteria, including the possibilities of re-use (2022);

-EPR organizations will have to develop standard ranges of reusable packaging for the food service sectors, as well as for fresh products and beverages (2022).

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies) or disincentives (e.g. taxes, charges): ADEME (Agency for ecological transition) will support (2021 and 2022) reduction, re-use or development of alternatives to single-use plastic packaging

Actions financed :

studies, investments and experiments for:

- substitution of single-use plastic packaging by reusable packaging;

- substitution of single-use plastic packaging by a packaging of another type of recyclable material;

- reduction by lightening (weight and volume).

€40 million (2021-2022) is planned for this measure.

Changes to public procurement to support reuse solutions/systems: For bottles and flasks an objective has been set (from 2021 onwards) that a proportion of 10% of the total purchases of these products must be reusable products

Provision of reliable packaging and/or product information to consumers: Consumer information will be strengthened in particular on the possibilities of re-use (2022)

Promotion of collaboration with the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: A 3R strategy for plastic packaging will be formulated by the end of 2021 with the stakeholders to define the actions and the accompanying measures to be put in place to achieve the 3R objectives for single-use plastic packaging defined by the “3R” decree for the 2021-2025 period.

Encouragement of voluntary actions: The Ministry for Ecological Transition who signed the national Pact on plastic packaging will endeavor in 2021 to improve the scaling-up of the reuse models within the signatories and ensure that the priorities for action set in the Pact roadmaps reflect that.

Other planned actions: An obligation has been set for companies to develop five-year prevention and ecodesign plans, revised every 5 years, to reduce the use of non-renewable resources (to which reuse can contribute), increase the use of recycled materials and recyclability (2023)

Encouragement of voluntary actions: 54% of the signatories of the French Pact on plastic packaging has undertaken pilot schemes for reuse.

Promotion of collaboration with the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: Within the formulation process of the first five-year decree setting reduction, re-use and recycling targets for single-use plastic packaging, the so-called "3R decree" covering the period 2021-2025, a study "Which 3R potential by 2025 for single-use plastic packaging" was carried out with various stakeholders in July 2020, identifying various 3R alternatives for the main product/packaging format associations and their potential.

Changes to public procurement: For bottles and flasks an objective has been set (from 2021 onwards) that a proportion of 10% of the total purchases of these products must be reusable products

Delivery of awareness raising and education campaigns: Consumer information will be strengthened in particular on the possibilities of re-use (2022)

Promotion of collaboration with the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: A 3R strategy for plastic packaging will be formulated by the end of 2021 with the stakeholders to define the actions and the accompanying measures to be put in place to achieve the 3R objectives for single-use plastic packaging defined by the “3R” decree for the 2021-2025 period.

Other planned actions planned: An obligation has been set for companies to develop five-year prevention and ecodesign plans,revised every 5 years,to reduce the use of non-renewable resources (to which reuse can contribute), increase the use of recycled materials and recyclability (2023)

None reported

Total of plastic packaging disposed with energy recovery in 2019 = 1 027 161 tons, corresponding to a recovery rate for energy of 43%. This includes incineration with energy recovery and the reprocessing of waste to be used as fuel or other means to generate energy. No distinction can be made between the household and industrial-commercial sectors.

Investment in infrastructure: As part of France Recovery Plan, ADEME (Agency for ecological transition) will support (2021-2022) the development of the recycling sector through innovation, capacity increase, treatment of new streams or development of new technologies, including chemical recycling, in order to achieve the ambitious objective set in the “3R” decree of aiming for 100% recycling of plastics in France by 2025.

Promotion of collection, sorting, reuse and/or recycling schemes (e.g. deposit return schemes): In 2023, a decision can be taken on the introduction of a deposit return scheme for reuse and recycling of plastic beverage bottles if performance is insufficient to meet European collection and recycling targets

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies) or disincentives (e.g. taxes, charges): ADEME (Agency for ecological transition) will support the modernisation of sorting centers for packaging; sorting innovation and technologies, selective sorting in the public space (2021 and 2022 / 55Meuros).

In addition, CITEO, the main EPR organization for household packaging, provides 150 Meuros (2018-2022) to local authorities for the extension of sorting instructions which has to be completed by end of 2022 (yearly calls for collection and sorting projects).

Establishment or revision of Extended Producer Responsibility schemes: The financial contributions paid by producers to EPR organizations will be modulated according to environmental performance criteria, including recyclability (2022).

By 1 January 2022 at the latest, the amount of the penalty applicable to plastic packaging that can’t enter an end-of-life recycling sector will be fixed by decree, according to a progressive trajectory.

New EPR organizations will be set for hotels and restaurants in 2023 and for the industrial and commercial packaging sector (2025)

Provision of reliable packaging and/or product information to consumers: Use of the Triman logo, accompanied by information on sorting (2022).

Consumer information will be strengthened in particular on recyclability (2022).

Promotion of collaboration with the private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: A 3R strategy for plastic packaging will be formulated by the end of 2021 with the stakeholders to define the actions and the accompanying measures to be put in place to achieve the 3R objectives for single-use plastic packaging defined by the “3R” decree for the 2021-2025 period.

Other planned actions: An obligation is set for companies to develop 5 year prevention and ecodesign plans to reduce the use of non-renewable resources, increase the use of recycled materials and recyclability (2023)

An acceleration strategy for recyclability, recycling and incorporation of recycled materials will be formulated (2021) as part of the national program of investments for the future, plastics being one of the 5 materials targeted.

The public investment bank will support chemical recycling projects (2021).

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies) or disincentives (e.g. taxes, charges): In 2020, an exceptional financial support scheme for the sale of recycled materials (to bridge the price differential between recycled and virgin materials) was implemented by ADEME (Agency for ecological transition), which made it possible to support 60 projects (closed scheme)

Encouragement of voluntary actions: The signatories of the national Pact for plastic packaging incorporated 43,000 tons of recycled plastic materials in 2020, an average rate of 15% of incorporation (compared to a rate of 11% in 2019).

Promote collaboration with private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: Within the formulation process of the first five-year decree setting reduction, re-use and recycling targets for single-use plastic packaging, the so-called "3R decree" covering the period 2021-2025, a study "Which 3R potential by 2025 for single-use plastic packaging" was carried out with various stakeholders in July 2020, identifying various 3R alternatives for the main product/packaging format associations and their potential.

Support for products containing recycled plastics through public procurement: For bottles and flasks an objective has been set (from 2021 onwards) that a proportion of 10% of the total purchases of these products must incorporate recycled matter

Establishment or revision of post-consumer recycled content minimum thresholds: As of now, there is no legal target of incorporation set at national level, even though there is a legal possibility for the state to fix such targets in the future for specific product categories by decree.

Establishment or revision of Extended Producer Responsibility scheme: The financial contributions paid by producers to EPR organizations will be modulated according to environmental performance criteria, including the incorporation of recycled material (2021).

Establishment or revision of economic incentives (e.g. subsidies) or disincentives (e.g. taxes, charges): ADEME (Agency for ecological transition) will support (2021 onwards) eco-design activities to increase the incorporation of recycled materials by users.

In addition, as part of the France Recovery Plan, a 140 Meuros scheme (2021-2022) will be devoted to plastic manufacturers to increase the incorporation of plastic recycled material by supporting feasibility studies/testing and investments (adaptation of equipment,...).

Provision of reliable packaging and/or product information to consumers: Consumer information will be strengthened in particular on the amount of recycled content (2022)

Promotion of collaboration with private sector, including small and medium-sized enterprises, and civil society organisations: A 3R strategy for plastic packaging will be formulated by the end of 2021 with the stakeholders to define the actions and the accompanying measures to be put in place to achieve the 3R objectives for single-use plastic packaging defined by the “3R” decree for the 2021-2025 period.

Other planned actions: An obligation has been set for companies to develop five-year prevention and ecodesign plans, revised every 5 years, to reduce the use of non-renewable resources, increase the use of recycled materials and recyclability (2023)

Ministry/department of Agriculture / Livestock / Fisheries / Forestry / Food Security / Rural Affairs,Ministry/department of Environment / Sustainable Development / Natural Resources / Energy,Ministry/department of Industry / Trade / Commerce / Labor,Ministry/department of Science / Research / Technology / Innovation/ ADEME (Agency for Ecological Transition)

Inadequate information and data for implementation, specify below: measuring of reuse and its contribution in the reduction of single use plastic packaging needs the development of new methodology. Also the data reported by existing EPR organizations need extra detail. When no EPR organization exist yet like industrial and commercial packaging data can only be estimated.

Other: Drop in prices and demand for recycled plastics due to dropping oil prices and COVID-19"