{ "title": "PPWR producer register consultation 2026: aggregate data", "source": "European Commission, Have Your Say, initiative 15352 \"Packaging and packaging waste – rules on national registers of producers\", publication 25704 (draft implementing regulation under Article 44(14) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40). © European Union.", "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers_en", "snapshot": "2026-09-11 (consultation open 2026-08-06 15:24 to 2026-09-10 23:59:59, Brussels time)", "analysis": "Regtrue (IMPACTIO TECHNOLOGY OÜ, Estonian business register code 14817064), 2026-10-23. Reports: https://regtrue.com/ppwr-register-consultation-2026 and https://regtrue.com/et/ppwr-registrite-konsultatsioon", "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) for these aggregate figures", "attribution": "Source: European Commission, Have Your Say, initiative 15352 (© European Union). Analysis: Regtrue.", "privacy": "Aggregate counts only. No respondent text, names or feedback IDs.", "classification_text_rule": "English machine translation supplied by the Commission (feedbackTextUserLanguage) when present and different from the original; otherwise the original text", "caveats": [ "Self-selected respondents; not representative of EU businesses.", "Country, respondent type and size are self-declared.", "Keyword rules count mentions, not stance or importance; precision checked on 10 random items per ask; recall not measured.", "Respondent statements are claims, not verified facts.", "Attachments were not read; 534 submitted items are not public." ], "totals": { "rule": "One item = one unique published feedback ID in the 2026-09-11 public list (status PUBLISHED or ANONYMISED_BY_USER). 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