Commission interpretation:

For the purpose of this Regulation, a final distributor making beverages in sales packaging available to consumers shall, in most cases, be a retail shop or bars and restaurants in the HORECA sector. In case of distance sales, the final distributor shall be the economic operator that makes the beverage in sales packaging available to consumers via a website. Making available shall not require the actual completion of a sale of the beverage in sales packaging to the consumer. It shall be sufficient that the final distributor offers for sale at least 10 % of its beverages in reusable sales packaging. The reference to a ‘reuse system’ in Article 29(6) refers to the requirements applicable to reuse systems as defined in Annex VI, Part A, of the Regulation. The proper functioning of such a system entails, inter alia, the establishment of appropriate information, display or communication arrangements for consumers, in accordance with Article 12(2), enabling the identification and promotion of the offer of beverages in reusable sales packaging, with a view to their effective placing on the market and commercialisation. The calculation for calculating the re-use targets for beverages shall be laid down in an implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 30(3).

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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.