The CIAA strongly welcomes the decision of the Commission on 21 October to open a legal infringement procedure against Germany on its packaging deposit system. Without questioning the deposit system itself, the Commission explained that the way it currently functions, this system might constitute a "disproportionate barrier" to imported drinks. Germany now has two months to respond to the Commission's formal request for further information on the functioning of its deposit system to show its compatibility with EU law and the absence of damage for EU beverage manufacturers. Confronted with the urgent nature and dramatic implications for the internal market and employment without any proven environmental benefit of this deposit scheme, the CIAA urges the Commission to now temporarily suspend this national measure until its compatibility with EU law is proven.
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