Commentaries: Art. 19

Dealers, manufacturers and importers with an obligation to take back non-refillable containers (Art. 6 para. 1, Art. 7 para. 1, Art. 8 para. 2) must by the end of February of each year notify the FOEN of the weight of the containers returned and recycled in the previous year. The declarations must be itemised according to packaging materials.
Anyone who in the course of business recycles beverage containers, or imports or exports them for recycling, must by the end of February of each year notify the FOEN for the previous year, in respect of each packaging material, of the weight, the recycling company and the method of recycling.