- biodegradable plastic
means a plastic capable of undergoing physical, biological decomposition, such that it ultimately decomposes into carbon dioxide (CO2), biomass and water, and is, in accordance with European standards for packaging, recoverable through composting and anaerobic digestion;
- collection
means collection as defined in point 10 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- extended producer responsibility scheme
means extended producer responsibility scheme as defined in point 21 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- fishing gear
means any item or piece of equipment that is used in fishing or aquaculture to target, capture or rear marine biological resources or that is floating on the sea surface, and is deployed with the objective of attracting and capturing or of rearing such marine biological resources;
- harmonised standard
means a harmonised standard as defined in point (1)(c) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
- making available on the market
means any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the market of a Member State in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- oxo-degradable plastic
means plastic materials that include additives which, through oxidation, lead to the fragmentation of the plastic material into micro-fragments or to chemical decomposition;
- packaging
means packaging as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 94/62/EC;
- placing on the market
means the first making available of a product on the market of a Member State;
- plastic
means a material consisting of a polymer as defined in point 5 of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, to which additives or other substances may have been added, and which can function as a main structural component of final products, with the exception of natural polymers that have not been chemically modified;
- port reception facilities
means port reception facilities as defined in point (e) of Article 2 of Directive 2000/59/EC;
- producer
means:
- separate collection
means separate collection as defined in point 11 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- single-use plastic product
means a product that is made wholly or partly from plastic and that is not conceived, designed or placed on the market to accomplish, within its life span, multiple trips or rotations by being returned to a producer for refill or re-used for the same purpose for which it was conceived;
- tobacco products
means tobacco products as defined in point (4) of Article 2 of Directive 2014/40/EU.
- treatment
means treatment as defined in point 14 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- waste
means waste as defined in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- waste fishing gear
means any fishing gear covered by the definition of waste in point 1 of Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC, including all separate components, substances or materials that were part of or attached to such fishing gear when it was discarded, including when it was abandoned or lost;