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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidance document for Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste · European Union

Article 3(1), point (17) lays down the definition of ‘importer’ as ‘any natural or legal person established within the Union that places packaging from a third country on the market.’

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.