5. Ecodesign legal rules

"The only justification for packaging is to provide a service superior to the constraints it generates" Éric Rocher .

The legal ecodesign requirements of Directive 94/62 of December 20, 1994 were transposed by Decree 98-638 of July 20, 1998, which reproduces the provisions of the Directive down to the last comma, unless otherwise indicated below. This decree has been codified in articles R543-42 et seq. of the Environment Code, and in article R543-73 for criminal fines.

There are three requirements in the original version of Directive 94/62:

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