Once the Constitutional Court (US) gave the green light for Regulation Law economic urgency to create Redeemable tax on non-returnable plastic bottlesPresident Guillermo Lasso, of the United States, issued on Wednesday, September 20 afternoon, a rule that puts into effect the continuity of benefits.

For this purpose, Lasso signed Executive Decree 877, which contains thirteen articles and two transitional provisions. At its core, the rule establishes this for each bottle plastic with irreversible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) taxed with this tax, a fee of two cents ($0.02).

The Constitutional Court gives way to the second decree of the law of Guillermo Lasso

He the money will be returned in full only for anyone who is considered a transformer recycler, as provided for in the certificate jointly issued by the governing body for production and the governing body for environmental issues, that is, between the ministries of production and environment.

The return mechanisms and conditions The tax will be defined in the provisions of the legal regulation, with regard to collection criteria, traceability and limitations. The aforementioned decree must be issued by President Lasso within a maximum of 30 days from the entry into force of the legal decree.

The field of application of the law refers to all companies and natural persons that import, produce or put into circulation non-returnable PET plastic bottles for packaging drinks on the national territory or import drinks packed in such bottles under the consumer regime, as well as bottling plants for drinks in the aforementioned bottles and transformers for recycling, which are in charge of processing this waste throughout the country.

According to the law of fact that will generate a tax burden will be the filling of drinks in designated non-returnable containers, which are used to hold alcoholic, non-alcoholic, carbonated, non-carbonated drinks and water. In the case of imported beverages, the tax will be applied at the time of the customs clearance process.

The fifth legal decree sent by Lasso to the Constitutional Court proposes the introduction of a tax on plastic bottles

Two types passive subjects taxes. On the one hand, there are filling stations drinks in non-returnable PET plastic bottles. On the other hand, there are those people who import liquor low consumption regime that are contained in the mentioned type of bottles.

They stay exempt from paying taxes filling or importing under the consumer regime of dairy products and medicines in non-returnable PET plastic bottles.

In a statement, the presidency emphasized that “regulations deal with needs and concerns.” 20,000 recyclerswho will have secure and fair incomes within the circular economy.”

This finalizes the extension of the purchase tax on non-returnable plastic bottles, which was supposed to end this year, because the tax was declared unconstitutional in 2022. Law on the promotion of the environment; However, by decree, the current Government proposed to retain tax collection.