Article 1 · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/162

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Article 1Methodology for calculating the reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic products#

1.Member States shall calculate the reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic products based on either of the following parameters:

(a)the total weight of plastic in the single-use plastic products placed on the market in a Member State in a calendar year;

(b)the number of single-use plastic products placed on the market in a Member State in a calendar year.

2.Member States shall calculate the reduction in the consumption of single-use plastic products placed on the market in a Member State in a calendar year in accordance with the formulas set out in Annex I.

3.Where there are significant exports or imports or other movements within the Union of single-use plastic products before they are made available to the final consumer or user, Member States may adjust the weight or number of single-use plastic products placed on the market, as referred to in paragraph 1, in order to take account of such movements.