1. This Regulation lays down obligations for the handling of plastic pellets to prevent losses at all stages of the plastic pellet supply chain, with the aim of achieving zero plastic pellet losses.
2. This Regulation applies to the following natural and legal persons:
(a) economic operators handling plastic pellets in the Union in quantities equal to or above a threshold of 5 tonnes in the previous calendar year;
(b) economic operators operating installations in the Union for the cleaning of plastic pellet containers and tanks;
(c) EU carriers and non-EU carriers transporting plastic pellets in the Union; and
(d) shippers and operators, agents and masters of seagoing vessels transporting plastic pellets in freight containers leaving or calling at a port of a Member State.
Text as published in the Official Journal, reproduced verbatim (including any typographical quirks of the source). For the authentic version, see EUR-Lex.
