Artículo 4 Prevención

Esas otras medidas preventivas podrán consistir en programas nacionales, incentivos a través de regímenes de responsabilidad ampliada del productor para reducir al mínimo el impacto medioambiental de los envases, o acciones análogas adoptadas, en su caso, en consulta con los operadores económicos y las organizaciones de consumidores y medioambientales, y destinadas a recoger y aprovechar las múltiples iniciativas emprendidas en los Estados miembros en el ámbito de la prevención.

Los Estados miembros harán uso de instrumentos económicos y de otras medidas a fin de proporcionar incentivos para la aplicación de la jerarquía de residuos, como los que se enumeran en el anexo IV bis de la Directiva 2008/98/CE u otros instrumentos o medidas adecuados.

Those measures may include the use of national reduction targets, maintaining or introducing economic instruments as well as marketing restrictions in derogation from Article 18, provided that these restrictions are proportionate and non-discriminatory.

Such measures may vary depending on the environmental impact of lightweight plastic carrier bags when they are recovered or disposed of, their composting properties, durability or specific intended use.

The measures taken by Member States shall include either or both of the following:

From 27 May 2018 Member States shall report on the annual consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags when providing data on packaging and packaging waste to the Commission in accordance with Article 12.

By 27 May 2016, the Commission shall adopt an implementing act laying down the methodology for the calculation of the annual consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags per person and adapting the reporting formats adopted under Article 12(3). That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 21(2).