Coalition's packaging tax Draft sets €550 per tonne

Oct 5

Daubner reports a coalition parliamentary draft proposing a €550 tax per tonne of plastic in packaging from July 2027. The stated aim is to encourage less plastic packaging; the coalition initially expects roughly three million tonnes a year to be taxed. These are draft provisions and a projection, not an enacted tax or a measured reduction.

A coalition parliamentary draft proposes a €550 levy per tonne of plastic packaging from July 2027. Tagesthemen describes its waste-reduction incentive and an initial projection of roughly three million taxable tonnes a year. These remain proposed provisions and expected volume, without parliamentary enactment or implementation.