1. The producer, in the case of individual fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, or the producer responsibility organisation entrusted with carrying out those obligations, in the case of collective fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, shall apply for an authorisation on fulfilment of extended producer responsibility from the competent authority.
1. 在生产者单独履行生产者延伸责任义务的情况下，生产者应向主管当局申请履行生产者延伸责任的授权 ;在集体履行生产者延伸责任义务的情况下，受托履行该义务的生产者责任组织应向主管当局申请该授权。
2. When adopting measures laying down the administrative and procedural rules referred to in Article 40(2), Member States shall establish the requirements and details of the authorisation procedure. Those requirements and details may differ for individual and collective fulfilment of the extended producer responsibility obligations. Member States shall also establish the modalities for verifying compliance, including the information to be provided by producers or producer responsibility organisations to that end. The authorisation procedureshall include requirements on the verification of the arrangements put in place to ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in paragraph 3 of this Article, and timeframes for that verification, which shall not exceed 18 weeks from the submission of a complete application dossier. That verification shall be carried out by a competent authority or an independent expert who shall issue a verification report on its result. The independent expert shall be independent of the competent authority and of the producer responsibility organisations or the producers authorised for individual fulfilment.
2. 成员国在采纳第40条第2款所述的行政和程序规则措施时，应确定授权程序的具体要求和细节。这些要求 和细节可能因延伸生产者责任义务的个人履行与集体履行而有所不同。成员国还应确立合规性核查的方式，包 括生产者或生产者责任组织为此应提供的信息。授权程序应包含对为确保遵守本条第3款规定的要求而采取的 安排进行核查的要求，以及核查的时间框架，该时间框架自提交完整申请文件之日起不得超过18周。
该核查应由主管当局或独立专家执行，独立专家应就核查结果出具核查报告。独立专家应独立于主管当局及获 授权进行个人履行的生产者责任组织或生产者。
3. The measures to be established by Member States in accordance with paragraph 2 shall include measures ensuring that:
(a) the requirements laid down in Article 8a(3), points (a) to (d), of Directive 2008/98/EC are complied with;
(b) the measures put in place or paid for by the producer or producer responsibility organisation are sufficient to allow for the return and waste management of all packaging waste in accordance with Article 48(1) and (5) and Article 50,free of charge for consumers, with a frequency proportionate to the area and volume of packaging waste covered with regard to the quantity and types of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, made available for the first time on the territory of a Member State by that producer or producers on whose behalf the producer responsibility organisation acts, or packaging unpacked by such producer or producers without being end users;
(c) the necessary arrangements, including preliminary arrangements, to that end are in place with distributors, public authorities or third parties carrying out waste management on their behalf;
(d) the necessary sorting and recycling capacity is available to ensure that packaging waste collected is subsequently subject to preliminary treatment and high-quality recycling;
(e) the requirement laid down in paragraph 6 of this Article is complied with.
3. 成员国根据第2款应建立的措施应包括确保以下事项的措施：
（a）遵守指令2008/98/EC第8a条第3款第（a）至（d）点规定的要求；
(b) 生产者或生产者责任组织采取或支付的措施应足以确保根据第48条第(1)款和第(5)款及第50条的规定，免费 为消费者提供所有包装废弃物的回收和废弃物管理，频率应与所涵盖包装废弃物的区域、数量及类型相适 应，包括首次在成员国境内由该生产者或其代表的生产者责任组织提供的包装产品的包装，或由该生产者 或其代表未由最终用户拆包的包装；
(c) 已与分销商、公共当局或代表其进行废弃物管理的第三方就此目的达成必要安排，包括初步安排；
(d) 具备必要的分拣和回收能力，以确保收集的包装废弃物随后接受初步处理并实现高质量回收；
(e) 遵守本条第6款所规定的要求。
4. The producer or the producer responsibility organisationshall notify the competent authority without undue delay of any changes to the information contained in the application for an authorisation, of any changes that concern the terms of the authorisation, or of the permanent cessation of operations. On the basis of some or all of such notified changes, the competent authority may decide to amend the authorisation.
4. 生产者或生产者责任组织应当毫不延迟地将授权申请中所含信息的任何变更、涉及授权条款的任何变更 ,或永久停止运营的情况通知主管当局。主管当局可基于部分或全部上述通知的变更，决定修改授权。
5. The competent authority may decide to revoke the authorisation, in particular if the producer or producer responsibility organisation no longer fulfils the requirements on the organisation of the treatment of packaging waste or fails to fulfil other extended producer responsibility obligations under the schemes established in accordance with Articles 8 and 8a of Directive 2008/98/EC or under this Section, such as obligations to report to the competent authority, or obligations to notify any changes to the terms of the authorisation or if the producer has permanently ceased operations.
5. 主管当局可决定撤销授权，特别是在生产者或生产者责任组织不再符合包装废弃物处理组织要求，或未 能履行根据指令2008/98/EC第8条及第8a条或本部分规定的其他延伸生产者责任义务（例如向主管当局报告义 务、通知授权条款变更义务），或生产者已永久停止运营的情况下。
6. The producer, in the case of individual fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, or the producer responsibility organisation entrusted with carrying out those obligations, in the case of collective fulfilment of extended producer responsibility obligations, shall provide an adequate guarantee intended to cover the costs related to waste management operations owed by the producer or the producer responsibility organisation, in the event of non-compliance with the extended producer responsibility obligations, including in the permanent cessation of its operations, or insolvency. Member States may specify additional requirements for the guarantee. The guarantee may take the form of a public fund that is financed by producers’ fees and for which a Member State is jointly and severally liable.
Section 4
Return, collection, deposit and return systems
6. 在个别履行延伸生产者责任义务的情况下，生产者，或在集体履行延伸生产者责任义务的情况下，受托 履行该义务的生产者责任组织，应提供足够担保，以覆盖因未履行延伸生产者责任义务（包括永久停止运营或 破产）而产生的废弃物管理相关费用。
成员国可规定保证的附加要求。保证可采取由生产者费用资助的公共基金形式，成员国对此承担连带责任。
第4节
退货、收集及押金返还系统