Return Guarantee System News Today

* January 5- The meeting to establish the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) takes place, for a six-year mandate. Daniel Grădinaru, judge at the High Court of Cassation and Justice, is elected president of the CSM for the year 2023.

* July 3rd- Eduard Hellvig, the general director of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), resigns from his position.

* October 7- There are terrorist attacks in Israel, followed by the bombing of the Gaza Strip by the armed forces led from Tel Aviv, which gives birth to the current Israel-Hamas war.

* November 1st- The BNR announces that, on October 31, 2023, the foreign exchange reserves at the National Bank of Romania stood at 58,186 million euros, compared to 59,238 million euros on September 30, 2023.

* The national team qualified for Euro 2024 * Cîţu was left without immunity * The pension law passed the Parliament

The launch of the Packaging Guarantee-Return System, on November 30, will position Romania in a position of European leadership in environmental protection and packaging management, said Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, yesterday, on the occasion of the inauguration by the Returo company of the first regional center for the collection of packaging in Bonţida, Cluj county.

The operationalization of the Return Guarantee System (SGR) on November 30, 2023 seems to have become a personal ambition of Mircea Fechet, the Minister of the Environment, who recently rejected the request to postpone the deadline by at least three months sent by SC Returo SA, the administrator of the system, company of which the relevant ministry is also a part.

*The Return Guarantee System (SGR) regarding the collection of plastic packaging, glass and metal cans must be operational on November 30, 2023 *Returo - the company in charge of implementing the SGR - requested a postponement of at least 3 months *The Minister of the Environment refused Return request

The Pay with PET program returns for the fifth and last edition between September 1 and November 24. This time in all cities where Carrefour is present with hypermarkets, in partnership with Coca-Cola HBC Romania, GreenPoint Management, TOMRA, FEPRA and ECO Synergy Caravana aims to facilitate the transition of consumers to the European standards of selective collection by promoting a nature-friendly habit and behavior.