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Packaging labelling under the scope of Article 12 is exhaustive and fully harmonised, except as regards deposit and return schemes. National rules which add sorting instructions are not allowed based on the principle of primacy of EU law. Member States will not be allowed to keep their national labels next to EU harmonised labels after 12 August 2028 or 24 months from the date of entry into force of the implementing act specifying the labelling rules and pictograms. As economic operators cannot adapt to a new labelling regime without a transition period, the national measures should be repealed before that date or adapted to allow for that transition. Where national measures concerning sorting instructions might be judged disproportionate in view of their impact on the internal market, such measures should be repealed as soon as possible, regardless of the date of the entry into force of the harmonised EU requirements to be adopted by the Commission in accordance with Article 12(6).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.