At the end of last year, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new packaging regulation, which brings with it requirements for the sustainability of packaging in terms of its recyclability, with the potential to increase recycling rates. So far, the solution to packaging problems has been mainly associated with recycling. However, the draft […]

On 14 June, Parliament approved new rules for the production and management of waste batteries. The text of the regulation approved by the Parliament can be found here. The proposal for a regulation on batteries and waste batteries contains a number of important changes, one of which, from the point of view of both consumers […]

Late last year, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new Packaging Regulation, which brings with it a number of changes, including requirements for packaging sustainability in terms of packaging minimisation and recyclability, with the potential to increase recycling rates and reduce environmental impacts. This Regulation also complements the Ecodesign Regulation for sustainable products. […]

Following the announced changes in keeping records of packaging and non-packaging products placed on the market in connection with ecomodulation, we would like to inform you that on 1 July 2023 an amendment to the Decree of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic No. 371/2015 Coll., implementing certain provisions of the Waste Act, […]

On 14 June (Wednesday), the European Parliament approved a draft regulation on batteries and waste batteries. The new rules, which take into account technological developments and advances, cover the entire life cycle of batteries, from their design and manufacture to their end-of-life and the waste management of all types of batteries sold in the European Union. The […]

On Wednesday (14 June), Parliament approved new rules for the production and management of waste batteries. The text of the regulation approved by Parliament can be found here. The proposed draft regulation on batteries contains a number of changes, which we present to you in turn (more on the changes here). One of the important […]

At the end of last year, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new packaging regulation. The draft regulation also regulates the recyclability requirements for packaging and the eco-modulation of financial contributions. Eco-modulation is one of the measures aimed at ecodesign of products that are key in the transition to a circular economy, which […]

The proposal to modernise the battery regulations, which the European Union put forward back in 2020, contains a number of changes (more on the changes here).  One of them is a change in the classification of batteries, which would create new categories of batteries for light vehicles and electric vehicles. These categories will include batteries […]

At the end of the last year, the European Commission presented a proposal for a new packaging regulation. Its creation was preceded by the identification of the EU’s basic  problems. More and more packaging waste is being generated and Directive 94/62/EC has failed to reverse this trend, despite specific provisions on minimising the use of […]

As of 1 June 2023, according to Act No. 150/2022 Coll., there is a change in relation to new seats and districts of courts. For this reason, the commercial register kept by the District Court Bratislava I is hereby changed for ASEKOL SK s.r.o. to the commercial register kept by the Municipal Court Bratislava III. […]