Conditional requirement
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) — conditional requirement, European Union. It binds businesses placing packaging or packaged goods on the EU market, whatever the packaging's material or origin.
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Record class
- Conditional requirement
- Instrument
- Product requirement
- Last verified
Where this applies
This record is scoped to European Union. Scope is part of the claim: a rule that binds one part of a country does not bind the whole of it, and this library states the scope its sources state.
Instrument
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of 19 December 2024 (repealing Directive 94/62/EC)
Who it binds
Businesses placing packaging or packaged goods on the EU market, whatever the packaging's material or origin.
What it requires
The PPWR has applied generally since 12 August 2026, the date on which Directive 94/62/EC was repealed. It sets packaging requirements and extended producer responsibility, with staged obligations continuing beyond that date (for example, recyclability performance grades from 2030). It entered into force on 11 February 2025.
Route to the authority
Last verified:
Related records and requirements
- Manufacturing and Industry — Applies if you place packaging or packaged products on the EU market. General application began 12 August 2026; some obligations phase in later (e.g. recyclability performance grades from 2030).
- Food and Agriculture — Applies if you place packaged food on the EU market. General application began 12 August 2026; some obligations phase in later (e.g. recyclability performance grades from 2030).
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