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

guidance · European Union · 52026XC03084

33 provisions

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1 Definition of packaging
2 Definition of a manufacturer of packaging
3 Definition of a producer of packaging
4 Definition of importer and the status of a ‘branch’
5 Enforcement of PFAS restrictions in food contact packaging and exhaustion of stocks
6 Date of application of the requirement to ensure that packaging is recyclable
7 Exemptions from recycled content targets
8 Flexibility for Member States to mandate compostable packaging and presumption of conformity
9 Definition of the terms ‘permeable’ and ‘soft after-use’ in the context of compostable packaging
10 Packaging minimisation
11 Relationship between the minimisation requirements in Article 10 and the empty space ratio in Article 24
12 Reusable packaging placed on the market prior to the application of the requirements in Article 11
13 Scope of harmonised packaging labelling
14 Labelling of existing reusable transport packaging
15 Reporting obligations for waste management operators
16 Relationship between the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) and PPWR as regards packaging bans
17 Scope of the packaging bans in Article 25 and Annex V, points 1–4, as regards plastic content
18 Re-use targets for sales packaging used for transporting products
19 Re-use targets for transport packaging in international trade
20 Responsible economic operator for the re-use targets on transport packaging
21 Exemptions of the custom-designed transport packaging from the re-use targets
22 Definition of ‘making available’ in the context of compliance with the re-use targets for beverages
23 Re-use targets for beverages in the HORECA sector
24 National exemptions from the re-use targets
25 Member States’ flexibilities to set up national measures
26 Flexibility for Member States to set additional recycling targets
27 Flexibility for Member States to set additional or higher re-use targets
28 National exemptions from Deposit and Return Systems (DRS)
29 Minimum requirements for existing Deposit and Return Systems (DRS)
30 Acceptance by retailers of deposit-bearing beverage container
31 End of life treatment of separately collected packaging which is designed for recycling
32 Separate collection rate of deposit-bearing packaging in 2026 and obligation to set up a DRS by 2029
33 Member States’ 90 % collection target for single-use plastic beverage bottles and metal beverage cans and the contribution of regional deposit return schemes