Proposed amendments to EPR regulations under draft Environmental Protection Decree

27 October, 2023

The 2020 Environmental Protection Law and Decree 08/2022/ND-CP introduced the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (“EPR”), which specifies the responsibilities of manufacturers and importers with regard to the recycling and treatment of discarded products and packages (please refer to our previous NewsBriefs for further details in this regard). 

The Government is now developing a draft decree (“Draft”) amending Decree 08.