France - Law on the Restriction for the Use of Mineral Oils in Packaging Material

​France signed into law - Loi n° 2020-105 relative à la lutte contre le gaspillage et à l’économie circulaire (Law No. 2020-105 Regarding a Circular Economy and the Fight Against Waste). The aim is to feature a low consumption of non-renewable resources, the reuse of waste as a resource, products that have a longer useful life, the recycling of 100% of plastics, and less wastefulness.

Loi n ° 2020-1725 is laying down various adaptation provisions relating to extended producer responsibility, and it defines the conditions for prohibiting mineral oils in packaging and printing inks intended for the public in article 112 of the AGEC law.