The Member States shall report the data on the generation and treatment of packaging waste and on reusable packaging using the formats set out in Tables 1, 2 and 3 of Annex I.

The Member States shall provide the data on the consumption of lightweight plastic carrier bags using the format set out in Table 4 or Table 5 of Annex I, as appropriate, for reporting by numbers and the format set out in Table 6 or Table 7 of Annex I, as appropriate, for reporting by weight.

The Member States shall complete the reporting formats set out in Annex I on an annual basis and shall submit them to the Commission within 18 months from the end of the reference year in electronic form, by means of an interchange standard set up by the Commission. The reporting shall cover a full calendar year.

The Member States shall submit a quality check report using the format set out in Annex IV.

Where, for the purposes of verifying compliance with the targets set in points (a) to (e) of Article 6(1) of Directive 94/62/EC, a Member State does not apply the calculation rules laid down in Articles 6a to 6d, that Member State shall submit the data for verifying compliance with the targets set in points (a) to (e) of Article 6(1) of Directive 94/62/EC separately by using the format laid down in Table 1 of the Annex.

Member States that decide to attain an adjusted level of a target in accordance with Article 5(2) of Directive 94/62/EC for a given year shall complete the reporting format set out in Annex I, Table 2 to this Decision for that year for the respective packaging material and shall submit it to the Commission within 18 months from the end of the reference year in electronic form, by means of an interchange standard set up by the Commission.

The Commission shall publish the data reported under the Annexes to this Decision, unless, as regards information included in the quality check reports established under Annex IV, a Member State provides a justified request to withhold the publishing of certain data.