Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 Decem... (32025R0040)
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 (Text with EEA relevance)
- 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
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- 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
- ANNEX I
- Indicative list of items in the scope of the definition of packaging in Article 3(1), point (1)
- A. Article 3(1), point (1)(a)
- B. Article 3(1), points (1)(b) and (c)
- C. Article 3(1), points (1)(d) and (e)
- ANNEX II
- Categories and parameters for assessment of recyclability of packaging
- Table 1
- Indicative list of packaging materials, types and categories referred to in Article 6
- Table 2
- Indicative list of packaging materials and categories referred to in Article 6
- Table 3
- Recyclability performance grades
- Table 4
- Non-exhaustive list of parameters for setting design for recycling criteria under Article 6
- ANNEX III
- Compostable packaging
- ANNEX IV
- Methodology for packaging minimisation assessment
- Part A
- Performance criteria
- Part B
- Assessment methodology and determination of the minimum packaging volume and weight
- ANNEX V
- Restrictions on use of packaging formats
- ANNEX VI
- Requirements specific to re-use systems and refill stations
- Part A
- Requirements for re-use systems
- 1. General requirements for re-use systems
- 2. Requirements for closed loop systems
- 3. Requirements for open loop systems
- Part B
- Reconditioning
- Part C
- Requirements for refill
- ANNEX VII
- Conformity assessment procedure
- Module A
- Internal production control
- 2. Technical documentation
- 3. Manufacturing
- 4. Declaration of conformity
- 5. Authorised representative
- ANNEX VIII
- EU declaration of conformity No
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- ANNEX IX
- Information for registration and reporting to the register referred to in Article 44
- Part A
- Information to be submitted upon registration
- Part B
- Information to be submitted for reporting
- ANNEX X
- Minimum requirements for deposit and return systems
- Minimum general requirements for deposit and return systems
- ANNEX XI
- Implementation plan to be submitted pursuant to Article 52(2), point (d)
- ANNEX XII
- Data to be included by Member States in their databases on packaging and packaging waste (in accordance with Tables 1 to 4)
- ANNEX XIII
- Correlation table
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