Commission Implementing Decision authorising the mechanical PET recycling process ‘Aliplast’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of XXX Brussels, XXX […](2025) XXX draft authorising the mechanical PET recycling process ‘Aliplast’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods (Only the English text is authentic) COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION of XXX authorising the mechanical PET recycling process ‘Aliplast’ in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods (Only the English text is authentic) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 of 15 September 2022 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/20081, and in particular Article 19(1) thereof, Whereas: (1) Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 provides that recycled plastic materials and articles can only be placed on the market if the recycled plastic therein is obtained using a manufacturing process that applies a suitable recycling technology. Post-consumer mechanical PET recycling is such a suitable technology. Recycling processes applying this technology as set out as technology no. 1 in the list of suitable technologies contained in Table 1 of Annex I to that Regulation, require an authorisation by the Commission based...