Článek 57 Databáze obalů

1.   By 12 months from the date of adoption of the implementing acts referred to in Article 56(7), Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that databases on packaging and packaging waste are established, where not already in place, on a harmonised basis, for the purpose of fulfilling their reporting obligations laid down in Article 56.

2.   The databases referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the following:

3.   The packaging databases shall be accessible to the wider public in a machine-readable format that allows access to up-to-date data regarding reporting and cost of packaging waste management and that ensures interoperability and the re-use of data. They shall be provided in the official language or languages of the Member State concerned by means of:

The requirements referred to in the first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to commercially sensitive information or data protection laws.