‘system operator’ means any natural or legal person who is entrusted with a responsibility to establish or operate a deposit and return system in a Member State.
Minimum general requirements for deposit and return systems
Member States shall ensure that the deposit and return systems established on their territories meet the following minimum requirements:
(a) a single system operator is established or licenced or, in the case there is more than one system operator, Member State shall adopt measures to ensure coordination between the different system operators;
(b) the governance and related operational rules of the system allow for equal access and fair conditions of all economic operators wishing to become part of the system, provided they make available on the market packaging that belongs to a packaging type or category included in the system;
(c) control procedures and reporting systems are set up allowing the system operator to obtain data on the collection of packaging covered by the deposit and return system;
(d) a minimum deposit level is established, which is sufficient to achieve the required collection rates;
(e) minimum requirements on the financial capacity of the system operator are established allowing the system operator to perform its functions;
(f) the system operator is a non-profit and independent legal entity;
(g) the system operator performs exclusively roles arising from the rules of this Regulation, and any additional roles
related to the coordination and operation of the deposit and return system as established by the Member States;
(h) the system operator coordinates the functioning of the deposit and return system;
(i) the system operator keeps in writing:
(i) a statute establishing the internal organisation of the system; (ii) evidence of the funding system of the system;
(iii) a statement proving the compliance of the system with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, as well as any additional requirements established in the Member State in which it operates;
(j) a sufficient amount of the annual turnover of the system operator is used for public awareness campaigns on the management of packaging waste;
(k) system operators provide any information requested by the competent authorities of a Member State in which the system operates, for the purposes of monitoring compliance with the requirements in this Annex;
(l) Member States shall ensure that final distributors are obligated to accept the deposit bearing packaging of the packaging material and format that they distribute and to provide end users with redeemed deposits when the deposit bearing packaging is returned, unless end users have equally accessible means to redeem the deposit after the use of the deposit bearing packaging, through one of the collection channels that, for food packaging, ensure food grade recycling and that are authorised for that purpose by the national authorities.
This obligation does not apply where the sale surface area does not make possible for end users to return deposit bearing packaging. However, final distributors will always have to accept the return of the empty packaging of products they sell;
(m) the end user is able to return the deposit bearing packaging without the need to purchase any goods; depositshall be redeemed to the end user;
(n) all deposit bearing packaging that is to be collected by a deposit and return system is clearly labelled, so that the end
users can easily identify the need to return such packaging; (o) fees are transparent.
In addition to the minimum requirements, Member States may set additional requirements, as appropriate, in order to ensure the fulfilment of the objectives of this Regulation, in particular to increase the purity of the collected packaging waste, reduce litter or promote other circular economy objectives.
Member States with regions with high transboundary business shall ensure that the deposit and return systems allows for collection of packaging from other Member States’ deposit and return systems at designated collection points and shall endeavour to enable the possibility of return of a deposit that was charged to the end user when purchasing the packaging.
为本附件之目的，适用以下定义：
“系统运营者”指被委托在成员国建立或运营押金返还系统的任何自然人或法人。
押金返还系统的一般最低要求
成员国应确保其境内建立的押金返还系统符合以下最低要求：
(a) 建立或许可单一系统运营者；如存在多个系统运营者，成员国应采取措施确保各系统运营者之间的协调；
(b) 系统的治理及相关运营规则应确保所有希望加入系统的经济运营者在平等准入和公平条件下参与，前提是 其在市场上提供属于系统涵盖的包装类型或类别的包装；
(c) 建立控制程序和报告系统，使系统运营者能够获取有关押金返还系统涵盖包装的回收数据；
(d) 设定了最低押金水平，该水平足以实现所要求的回收率；
(e) 设定了系统运营商的最低财务能力要求，以确保其能够履行职能；
(f) 系统运营商为非营利且独立的法人实体；
(g) 系统运营商仅履行本条例规则所规定的职责，以及成员国设立的与押金返还系统协调和运营相关的任何附 加职责；
(h) 系统运营商负责协调押金返还系统的运行；
(i) 系统运营商以书面形式保存：
(i) 规定系统内部组织的章程； (ii) 系统资金来源的相关证据；
(iii) 证明系统符合本条例规定要求及其运营所在成员国设定的任何附加要求的声明； (j) 系统运营商应将其年度营业额中足够比例用于包装废弃物管理的公众宣传活动；
(k) 系统运营商应向系统运营所在成员国的主管当局提供其为监督本附件要求合规性而请求的任何信息；
(l) 成员国应确保最终分销商有义务接受其分销的带押金包装材料及格式的包装，并在带押金包装退回时向终端 用户支付已退还的押金，除非终端用户通过一种或多种收集渠道，在食品包装情况下确保食品级回收且经 国家当局授权的渠道，拥有同等便利的押金赎回方式。
当销售面积不允许终端用户退回带押金包装时，该义务不适用。然而，最终分销商始终必须接受其销售产 品的空包装退回；
(m) 终端用户能够在无需购买任何商品的情况下退回带押金包装；押金应退还给最终用户；
(n) 所有需通过押金返还系统回收的带押金包装应明确标识，以便最终用户能够轻松识别需归还的包装；
(o) 费用应当透明。
除最低要求外，成员国可根据实际情况设定额外要求，以确保本条例目标的实现，特别是提高收集包装废弃物 的纯度、减少垃圾乱丢或促进其他循环经济目标。
具有高跨境业务区域的成员国应确保押金返还系统允许在指定收集点收集来自其他成员国押金返还系统的包装 ,并应努力实现最终用户购买包装时所支付押金的退还可能性。