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The history

1997

In this year Act No. 127/1997, the Waste Act, was enacted, which had only two Articles dealing with the issues of packaging. In the same year EKO-KOM, a.s. was established, a company whose objective was to develop the Green Dot system in the Czech Republic. The company launched a pilot project aimed at verifying various methods of sorted waste collection in an area with 120,000 inhabitants, and in cooperation with teachers prepared an extensive and long-term educational project (Tonda Obal), which focused on the education of primary school pupils in the area of waste sorting.

1999

ČPSOŽP and the Ministry of the Environment signed a voluntary Agreement to Enforce Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste in the Czech Republic. The Agreement set forth principles for the functioning of the EKO-KOM system in such a way that the enterprises participating in this system were regarded as subjects, which ensured that waste is recycled to the required extent. Since 1999, the EKO-KOM system has been incorporated into the Czech Republic Approximation Strategy for the Environment as the method to execute the conclusions of the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging materials.

2000

PRO EUROPE grants EKO-KOM, a.s. a licence to use the Green Dot mark in the Czech Republic.

2001

At the beginning of this year, an obligation to recycle packaging as set forth by Act No. 125/1997, the Waste Act, came into effect. During the year, economic and process stabilisation of the EKO-KOM system continued, and pilot research projects and educational campaigns were launched in municipalities. By the end of the year, almost 600 enterprises were engaged in the system, which represented 42% of all packaging put on the Czech market, and 2,750 contracts were signed with municipalities, encompassing more than 8 million inhabitants.

2002

At the beginning of the year, Act No. 477/2001, the Packaging Act, came into force, which defined more precisely the obligations connected with handling packaging and packaging waste. On 28/3/2002, the Ministry of the Environment granted EKO-KOM, a.s. an Authorisation Decree in accordance with the Packaging Act. Thus EKO-KOM, a.s. became an authorised packaging company.

2004

Since 2002, the number of EKO-KOM system clients had grown considerably, counting nearly 21,000 firms. The number of municipalities participating in the system had grown, too. At the beginning of the year around 4,450 municipalities were involved. Gradually contracts were signed with entities authorised to handle waste. More than 100 contracts were signed. In 2004 the collection network reached more than 100,000 installed containers, making them accessible to 97% of the consumers.

2005

On 29/3/2005, the Ministry of the Environment issued upon EKO-KOM's recommendation a decree which pursuant to Section 17, Subsection 7 of the Packaging Act extended EKO-KOM's authorisation until 31/12/2012.

2006

At the beginning of 2006, the second amendment to Act No. 477/2001, the Packaging Act as amended, came into force. The objective of this amendment was mainly to determine a new strategy for recovery and recycling packaging waste until 2012. One of the important changes and a big relief for many truly small packaging producers, was waiving the obligation to recover and recycle packaging, provided two conditions are met annual production does not exceed 300 kg and annual turnover, CZK 4.5 million. Another change was scrapping the obligation to mark packaging, mainly information concerning the material used. Furthermore, certain obligations were simplified and certain definitions in the existing law were defined in more detail.



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