Date: May 8, 2024, 10:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Place: Online
Organiser: VCI and WTS Global
Contact person: Sonia Meczynska (meczynska@vci.de)
Language: English
 
Since January 1, 2021, Member States (MS) have been obliged to pay a plastic levy of EUR 0.80 per kilogramme for non-recycled plastic packaging waste to the EU budget. Most MS are still paying this levy from their national budgets. Others, however, have already introduced new taxes, duties, fees, or contributions on plastic products to refinance the payment obligation and as an incentive to avoid plastic. The German government has also announced its intention to introduce a plastic tax in Germany, although the form this will take is still unclear. During this webinar, national experts will present the plastic taxation instruments implemented in their countries as well as the resulting obligations for manufacturers and importers. The speakers will discuss the key challenges and implications for companies and share their experiences with local authorities to provide participants with a practical insight into the compliance requirements.
 
Participating countries and speakers
 

• Germany: Bertil Kapff, WTS, Düsseldorf: Introduction of a Plastic Tax on January 1, 2025
• UK: Lucy Healy, FTI Consulting, London: Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) since April 1, 2022, for plastic packaging with less than 30% recycled plastic
• Hungary: Zoltán Cseri and Dávid Várnai, WTS Klient, Budapest: Interaction of product fee and EPR levies for packaging and single-use plastics since July 1, 2023
• Spain: Arnau Carol, ARCO Abogados, Barcelona: Tax of 0.45 euros per kilogramme for single-use plastic packaging for manufacturers and importers
• Portugal: Teresa Teixeira Mota and Nidia Rebelo, VdA
• Lisbon: Tax on single-use plastic packaging since July 1, 2022
• Poland: Natalia Dekert, Doradztwo Podatkowe WTS&SAJA Sp. z o.o.: Taxes and duties on plastics and packaging in Poland

 
The main language of the webinar will be English, and the documents will be made available afterwards.