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PPWR (EU Packaging Regulation)

Also known as: Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Verified on 2026-09-01

The EU Packaging Regulation (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) has applied directly in all EU Member States since 12 Aug 2026 and harmonises packaging law. Important for online sellers: extended producer obligations, an authorised representative for distance selling into countries without an establishment of your own (Art. 45), and verification duties for marketplaces. Further stages follow: harmonised labelling from 2028, recyclability and empty-space requirements from 2030.

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Authorised representative (Bevollmächtigter)BDO register (Poland)CONAI & CAC (Italy)Éco-organisme (producer responsibility organisation)EDM portal (Austria)Entpflichtung (Austria)