GERMAN DRINKS PACKAGING SYSTEM GIVEN ALL CLEAR BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has dropped legal action against Germany's deposit and return scheme for drinks packaging, concluding reforms stopped it being an illegal restriction of trade within the European Union (EU). The German government had initially said retailers should only accept returned bottles and cans of the exact type, shape and size in stock, while Euro 0.25 deposits were charged regardless. Brussels took legal action, claiming this deterred drinks imports, and the European Court of Justice agreed. But reforms last May, with bottles and ...
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