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Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation Implementation

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Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation

Implementation

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) regulates what kind of packaging can be placed on the EU market, as well as packaging waste management and prevention measures.

The European Commission provides support and resources for Member States, businesses and other stakeholders, to help them understand and comply with the rules.

Resources

The European Commission provides support and resources for Member States, businesses and other stakeholders to help them understand and comply with the rules:

Actions

The Regulation empowers the Commission to facilitate the transition to the new rules, balancing environmental ambition with economic feasibility.

  • A delegated act exempting economic operators using pallet wrappings and straps from the 100% reuse targets for transport packaging was adopted in February 2026.
  • The Commission is currently preparing an implementing act on packaging labelling for waste sorting (as well as other labels, including those for reusable packaging and for packaging containing recycled or bio-based content).
  • The Commission is also working on a package of measures on recycled content in plastic packaging. This will include the methodology for calculating and verifying recycled content, sustainability criteria for recycling processes, and rules for the application of equivalence clauses.
  • The Commission will request the development of standards for home- and industrial composting of packaging.

Stakeholder involvement

The Expert Group on Waste provides advice regarding the development and implementation of legislation relating to packaging waste.

Competent national authorities

Member States or countries designate one or more competent authorities responsible for implementing and enforcing certain obligations under the PPWR.

See below for a list of the competent authorities already notified to the Commission in accordance with Article 40(3) PPWR.

EU Member States

  • Belgium

    The Interregional Packaging Commission (IRPC)

    Gaucheretstraat 92-94

    B-1030 Brussel

    Email: infoativcie [dot] be (info[at]ivcie[dot]be)

     

  • Czechia

    Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic

    Vršovická 1442/65

    100 10 Prague 10

    Czech Republic

    Email: infoatmzp [dot] gov [dot] cz (info[at]mzp[dot]gov[dot]cz)

    Phone: +420 267 121 111

    Website: www.mzp.gov.cz

 

 

  • Estonia

    • The Ministry of Climate (for implementation of the PPWR in Estonia): 

      Suur-Ameerika 1, 10122 Tallinn, Estonia

      Email: infoatkliimaministeerium [dot] ee (info[at]kliimaministeerium[dot]ee)

    • The Environmental Board of the Republic of Estonia (for market surveillance): 

      Roheline 64, 80010 Pärnu, Estonia

      Email: infoatkeskkonnaamet [dot] ee (info[at]keskkonnaamet[dot]ee)

    • The Environmental Agency (for collection, analysis, and reporting of data in accordance with the requirements of the PPWR):

      Mustamäe tee 33, 10616 Tallinn, Estonia

      Email: kauratenvir [dot] ee (kaur[at]envir[dot]ee)

     

  • Ireland

    • The Environmental Protection Agency (for implementation and enforcement of the obligations set out in Articles 53, 54, 56 and 57 PPWR)

      Johnstown Castle Estate, Co. Wexford, Y35 W821, Ireland

    • The Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (for implementation and enforcement of the obligations set out in Articles 6(10), 29(1) to (7) and (9), 30, 31, 34, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52 and 55 PPWR)
      Tom Johnson House, Haddington Road, Dublin 4, D04 K7X4, Ireland
    • The Local Authorities (for implementation and enforcement of the obligations set out in Articles 32 and 33 PPWR)

 

  • France

    Direction générale de la prévention des risques

    Tour Séquoia 1 place Carpeaux 92800 Puteaux France

     

  • Croatia

    Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition

    Radnička cesta 80

    HR - 10 000 Zagreb

    Phone: +385 (01) 3717-125

    Fax: +385 (01) 3717-135

    Email: okolis [dot] otpadatmzozt [dot] hr (okolis[dot]otpad[at]mzozt[dot]hr)

    Website: https://mzozt.gov.hr/

 

  • Lithuania

    • Environmental Protection Agency 

      A. Juozapavičiaus St. 9, LT-09311 Vilnius, Lithuania 

      Email: aaaatgamta [dot] lt (aaa[at]gamta[dot]lt)  

    • Environmental Protection Department under the Ministry of Environment 

      Smolensko St. 15, LT-03201 Vilnius, Lithuania 

      Email: infoataad [dot] am [dot] lt (info[at]aad[dot]am[dot]lt) 

    • Temporary contact point for the implementation of Article 6(10): 

      Ministry of Environment 

      A. Jakšto St. 4, LT-01105 Vilnius, Lithuania 

      Email: infoatam [dot] lt (info[at]am[dot]lt)

     

  • Luxembourg*

    Administration de l'Environnement
    1, Avenue du Rock'n'roll, L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette

    * Provisional designation. The final designation will be decided in the context of a national law implementing the PPWR.

     

  • Netherlands

    • Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
      Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
      PO Box 16191
      2500 BD The Hague

      Email: PPWRatilent [dot] nl (PPWR[at]ilent[dot]nl)

    • Rijkswaterstaat
      Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
      PO Box 2232
      3500 GE Utrecht

 

  • Austria

    Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management

    Contact for implementation: Dept. V/2 

    Contact for enforcement: Dept. V/6 

    Stubenbastei 5, 1010 Wien

    Email for implementation: v2atbmluk [dot] gv [dot] at (v2[at]bmluk[dot]gv[dot]at)

    Email for enforcement: v6atbmluk [dot] gv [dot] at (v6[at]bmluk[dot]gv[dot]at)

 

  • Slovenia

    • The authority responsible for implementing and enforcing the obligations under Article 40(1) is:

      Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy

      Langusova ulica 4

      1000 Ljubljana

      Phone: +386 1 478 82 00

      Email: gp [dot] mopeatgov [dot] si (gp[dot]mope[at]gov[dot]si)

    • Registration and reporting are carried out by the body within the Ministry:

      Slovenian Environment Agency

      Vojkova 1b

      1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

      Phone: +386 1 4784 000

      Email: gp [dot] arsoatgov [dot] si (gp[dot]arso[at]gov[dot]si)

       

  • Sweden

    The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

    Phone: +46 10 698 10 00

    Email: registratoratnaturvardsverket [dot] se (registrator[at]naturvardsverket[dot]se)

European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries

Norway

Norwegian Environment Authority, under the Ministry of Climate and Environment

The Norwegian Environment Agency, P.O. Box 5672 Torgarden, N-7485 Trondheim, Norway 
Phone: +47 73 58 05 00

Email: postatmiljodir [dot] no (post[at]miljodir[dot]no) / firstname [dot] lastnameatmiljodir [dot] no (firstname[dot]lastname[at]miljodir[dot]no)

Other countries

United Kingdom

Secretary of State on behalf of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Seacole Building, Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF, United Kingdom

Timeline

  1. 22 January 2025
    PPWR Publication in the OJ
  2. 11 February 2025
    PPWR Entry into force
  3. 12 February 2026
    Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) registration and reporting format.

    Implementing act Art. 44(14) 

    Art. 9(6) –Standard on industrial composting and for a new standard on home-composting

  4. 25 February 2026
    Delegated Act concerning pallet wrappings and straps
  5. 12 August 2026
    Harmonised labels for reusable packaging, DRS, recycled content and consumer sorting, and labels for waste receptacles

    Implementing act Art. 12(6) and Art. 13(2)

  6. 12 August 2026
    Digital labelling for identifying material composition of packaging
  7. 31 December 2026
    Methodology for the calculation and verification of recycled content

    Implementing act Art. 7(8)

  8. 31 December 2026
    Sustainability criteria for plastic recycling technologies.

    Delegated act Art. 7(9)

    Report on the presence of substances of concern in packaging, Art. 5(2) 

  9. 31 December 2026
    Methodology for assessing equivalence of recycled content rules in third countries

    Implementing act Art. 7(10)

  10. 12 February 2027
    Reporting to the Commission

    Implementing act Art. 56(7)

    Art. 10(3) – Standardisation request on packaging minimisation 

    Art. 25(6) – Guidelines on Annex V 

    Art. 29(8) – Guidelines on beverages covered by the obligation to meet reuse targets 

    Art. 31(7) – COM to establish European Observatory on Re-use 

  11. 30 June 2027
    Calculation rules on reuse targets

    Implementing act Art. 30(4)

  12. 01 January 2028
    Design for recycling criteria

    Delegated acts Art. 6(4)

    Art. 7(12) – Evaluation of the need for derogations from recycled content targets 

  13. 12 February 2028
    Methodology for empty space ratio

    Implementing act Art. 24(2)

    Report on bio-based plastics, Art. 8 

  14. 01 January 2030
    Recycled at scale methodology

    Implementing acts Art. 6(5)

  15. 12 February 2030
    Review of PFAS restrictions

    Art. 5(5) – review of PFAS restrictions 

  16. 12 February 2032
    Report reviewing the implementation of 2030 recycled content targets

    Report reviewing the implementation of 2030 recycled content targets, Art. 7(14)

    Art. 24(6) – Review empty space ratio 

  17. 12 August 2033
    Evaluation of hazardous substances

    Art. 5(9) – Evaluation of hazardous substances 

  19. 12 August 2034
    General evaluation

    Art. 69 – General evaluation