composite packaging
as defined in Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19…, Article 3(1), point (24) (Definitions)
a unit of packaging made of two or more different materials which are part of the weight of the main packaging material and cannot be separated manually and therefore form a single integral unit, unless one of the materials constitutes an insignificant part of the packaging unit and in any event no more than 5 % of the total mass of the packaging unit and excluding labels, varnishes, paints, inks, adhesives and lacquers; this is without prejudice to Directive (EU) 2019/904;
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Also defined in
- European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste 01994L0062-20180704, Article 3, point (2b)
packaging made of two or more layers of different materials which cannot be separated by hand and form a single integral unit, consisting of an inner receptacle and an outer enclosure, that it is filled, stored, transported and emptied as such