Press Release: Commission clears Austrian system for the disposal of packaging waste

The European Commission has granted approval with obligations to a series of contracts concluded by the Austrian ARA System, which operates a country-wide system for the collection and recycling of used packaging. This decision concerns the use of the 'green dot' trademark and ensures unrestricted access for competing systems to the collection infrastructure. The Commission has already adopted decisions concerning similar systems in other Member States, thereby improving conditions for competition on the growing recycling markets.