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Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Not yet applicable from 1 January 2030

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC
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Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Scope
• Article 3 — Definitions
• Article 4 — Free movement

Chapter II SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Article 5 — Requirements for substances in packaging
• Article 6 — Recyclable packaging
• Article 7 — Minimum recycled content in plastic packaging
• Article 8 — Biobased feedstock in plastic packaging
• Article 9 — Compostable packaging
• Article 10 — Packaging minimisation
• Article 11 — Reusable packaging

Chapter III LABELLING, MARKING AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS

• Article 12 — Labelling of packaging
• Article 13 — Labelling of waste receptacles for the collection of packaging waste
• Article 14 — Environmental claims

Chapter IV GENERAL OBLIGATIONS

• Article 15 — Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 16 — Information obligations of suppliers of packaging or packaging materials
• Article 17 — Authorised representatives
• Article 18 — Obligations of importers
• Article 19 — Obligations of distributors
• Article 20 — Obligations of fulfilment service providers
• Article 21 — Case in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 22 — Identification of economic operators
• Article 23 — Information obligations of packaging waste management operators

Chapter V OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS TO REDUCE PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE

• Article 24 — Obligation related to excessive packaging
• Article 25 — Restrictions on use of certain packaging formats
• Article 26 — Obligations in relation to reusable packaging
• Article 27 — Obligation related to re-use systems
• Article 28 — Obligations related to refill
• Article 29 — Re-use targets
• Article 30 — Rules on the calculation of the achievement of the re-use targets
• Article 31 — Reporting to the competent authorities on re-use targets
• Article 32 — Refill obligation for the takeaway sector
• Article 33 — Re-use offer obligation for the take-away sector

Chapter VI PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS

• Article 34 — Plastic carrier bags

Chapter VII CONFORMITY OF PACKAGING

• Article 35 — Test, measurement and calculation methods
• Article 36 — Presumption of conformity
• Article 37 — Common specifications
• Article 38 — Conformity assessment procedure
• Article 39 — EU declaration of conformity

Chapter VIII MANAGEMENT OF PACKAGING AND OF PACKAGING WASTE

Section 1 General provisions

• Article 40 — Competent authority
• Article 41 — Early warning report
• Article 42 — Waste management plans and waste prevention programmes

Section 2 Waste prevention

• Article 43 — Prevention of packaging waste

Section 3 Register of producers and extended producer responsibility

• Article 44 — Register of producers
• Article 45 — Extended producer responsibility
• Article 46 — Producer responsibility organisation
• Article 47 — Authorisation on fulfilment of extended producer responsibility

Section 4 Return, collection, deposit and return systems

• Article 48 — Return and collection systems
• Article 49 — Mandatory collection
• Article 50 — Deposit and return systems

Section 5 Re-use and refill

• Article 51 — Re-use and refill

Section 6 Recycling targets and promotion of recycling

• Article 52 — Recycling targets and promotion of recycling
• Article 53 — Rules on the calculation of the achievement of the recycling targets
• Article 54 — Rules on the calculation of the achievement of the recycling targets by including re-use

Section 7 Information and reporting

• Article 55 — Information on prevention and management of packaging waste
• Article 56 — Reporting to the Commission
• Article 57 — Packaging databases

Chapter IX SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES

• Article 58 — Procedure for dealing with packaging presenting a risk at national level
• Article 59 — Union safeguard procedure
• Article 60 — Compliant packaging which presents a risk
• Article 61 — Controls on packaging entering the Union market
• Article 62 — Formal non-compliance

Chapter X GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

• Article 63 — Green public procurement

Chapter XI DELEGATED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

• Article 64 — Exercise of the delegation
• Article 65 — Committee procedure

Chapter XII AMENDMENTS

• Article 66 — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2019/1020
• Article 67 — Amendments to Directive (EU) 2019/904

Chapter XIII FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 68 — Penalties
• Article 69 — Evaluation
• Article 70 — Repeal and transitional provisions
• Article 71 — Entry into force and application