Brussels estimates that the multiplication of national standards harms the good circulation of goods within the internal market and the constitution of a sector of European waste.
It is an announcement at first sight surprising. The European Commission has just assigned France before the European Union court to challenge its compulsory “Triman” labeling! Born from the 2012 Grenelle de l’Environnement of 2012 and finally established in January 2015, this logo with three arrows is placed on the products or packaging that consumers are asked not to throw as any housework but to entrust to a yellow trash or a recycling center.
French Stéphane Séjénéné, European commissioner responsible for prosperity and industrial strategy, launched the sling against the Triman logo a few weeks ago, indicating to see in this little signal a ” Barrier at the internal market », car « Labeling encloses the product in the French market ». The argument was taken up by the Commission, in its press release on Thursday. She indicates that she seized the Court of Justice because she considers “Disproportionate” THE “French requirements” of this signage, “An obstacle to the free movement of goods”. Other possibilities, « Less restrictive for (commercial) exchanges between Member States, exist to inform consumers ”says the Commission.
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The European Union provides for harmonized signage by August 2026 and which will have to be displayed on all packaging from August 12, 2028. This harmonization will facilitate trade between Member States, as well as the emergence of a European recycling sector.
