NEWSLETTER-2017

287 ENERGY LAW member states. Member states can determine higher targets and pack- ing wastes administration systems can be different from each other. The definition of administration within the scope of the Directive is broad in a way to include any kind of product that is used to protect, carry and launch the product along with any kind of packing that is on the market. Objective of the directive is to prevent the formation and lessen the amount the formation of packing waste in order to protect the environment while not disrupting the packing trade and taking measures to prevent the deterioration of competition in the market. It is to encourage recycling or re-obtaining of packing waste and thus developing criteria and limitations to develop politics and legal legis- lation concerning reduction of packing wastes. Directive on the Control of Packing Wastes As a result of the necessity of harmonization of EU’s acquis with legal acquis within the context of Turkey’s member state status, Direc- tive on the Control of Packing Wastes was adapted as Regulation on Packing and Control of Packing Waste on 2004 and published on the National Gazette on 30 July 2004. The directive entered into force on January 1, 2004. Parallel to the amendments made to the UN Direc- tive, the Directive has taken its current form by undergoing changes first on 2007 and then on 2011, taking the necessities of the sector into account. Directive determines the technical and administrative standards regarding production of packing that possess certain qualities, preven- tion of formation of packing wastes, reutilization of the amount of dismissible packing waste, reduction of packing wastes by recycling, separate collection at the source, carrying and decomposition. Within the scope of the directive the principle of “extended pro- ducer liability” is used as the basis and thus the liability is on the busi- nesses that put packed products on the market. Businesses are liable to inform the kind and amount of packing they put on market through Packing Information System and ensure that these packing are col- lected for recycle and reutilization. Moreover, it is the responsibility of the businesses to absorb the expenses of recycling and reutilization.