Which products the German single-use plastics levy covers

Q: Which products fall under the German single-use plastics fund (EWKFondsG)?

Annex 1 EWKFondsG lists the products covered: takeaway food containers; flexible bags and wrappers with ready-to-eat food; drinks containers up to 3 litres, including caps and lids (glass or metal containers with only plastic caps or labels are excluded); drinks cups with lids; light plastic carrier bags under 50 microns; wet wipes for body and household care; balloons for consumers; tobacco products with filters and the filters; and fireworks.

Which products fall under the German single-use plastics fund (EWKFondsG)?

Nine types in Annex 1: food containers, food wrappers and bags, drinks containers up to 3 litres, cups, light carrier bags, wet wipes, balloons, filtered tobacco products and, from 2026, fireworks.

Since 12 August 2026, § 5 VerpackDG, implementing Article 45(3) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, requires a producer with no establishment in Germany to appoint an authorised representative before it first makes packaging available in Germany. Read § 5

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Nine product types, listed in Annex 1 EWKFondsG: (1) food containers for food eaten straight from them without further preparation; (2) flexible bags and wrappers with such food; (3) drinks containers up to 3 litres with their caps and lids, deposit or not (not glass or metal with only plastic closures or labels); (4) drinks cups with closures and lids; (5) light plastic carrier bags under 50 microns; (6) wet wipes; (7) balloons, except industrial ones not given to consumers; (8) tobacco products with filters, and filters; (9) fireworks. See the single-use plastics fund. EWKFondsG, Annex 1

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