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The adopted regulation (of 19 December 2024) appeared in the Official Journal of the European Union.
"Official Journal of the European Union | L series | 2025/40 | 22.1.2025 | REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste"
Twenty days after publication.
"This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union."
PPWR applies from this date. The single stated exception is Article 67(5), which applies from 12 February 2029.
"It shall apply from 12 August 2026. However, Article 67(5) shall apply from 12 February 2029."
Packaging must carry a harmonised material-composition label from this date, or 24 months after the relevant implementing acts, whichever is later.
"From 12 August 2028 or 24 months from the date of entry into force of the implementing acts adopted pursuant to paragraphs 6 or 7 of this Article, whichever is the latest, packaging placed on the market shall be marked with a harmonised label containing information on its material composition..."
Packaging is graded for recyclability, and only grades A, B or C may be placed on the market, from this date or 24 months after the relevant delegated acts, whichever is later. From 1 January 2038, only grades A or B.
"...from 1 January 2030 or 24 months from the entry into force of the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article, whichever is the latest, packaging shall not be placed on the market unless it is recyclable within grades A, B or C as described in Table 3 of Annex II."
Plastic parts of packaging must contain minimum recycled content by this date, or 3 years after the relevant implementing act, whichever is later.
"By 1 January 2030 or 3 years from the date of entry into force of the implementing act referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article, whichever is the latest, any plastic part of packaging placed on the market shall contain the following minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste..."
Manufacturers draw up an EU declaration of conformity (Art. 15(2)); it follows the model structure in Annex VIII and the elements of the module in Annex VII.
"The EU declaration of conformity shall have the model structure set out in Annex VIII, contain the elements specified in the module set out in Annex VII and be continuously updated."
Twenty days after publication in OJ L 150 of 9 June 2023.
"This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union."
Commodities produced on land deforested after this date are not deforestation-free, whenever the product is placed on the market.
"'deforestation-free' means: (a) that the relevant products contain, have been fed with or have been made using, relevant commodities that were produced on land that has not been subject to deforestation after 31 December, 2020..."
The due diligence obligations apply from this date. This is the second postponement: the original 30 December 2024 date was moved to 30 December 2025 by Reg (EU) 2024/3234, then to 30 December 2026 by Reg (EU) 2025/2650 of 19 December 2025.
"Article 38 is replaced by the following: ... 2. Subject to paragraph 3 of this Article, Articles 3 to 13, Articles 16 to 24 and Articles 26, 31 and 32 shall apply from 30 December 2026."
Micro and small undertakings established as such by 31 December 2024 follow six months later. Timber products already covered by Reg (EU) No 995/2010 are excepted.
"...for operators, whether natural persons or micro- or small undertakings ... who were established as such by 31 December 2024, the Articles referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply from 30 June 2027."
Coordinates for every production plot; plots over 4 hectares (for commodities other than cattle) require polygons, not points.
"...for plots of land of more than four hectares used for the production of the relevant commodities other than cattle, this shall be provided using polygons with sufficient latitude and longitude points to describe the perimeter of each plot of land."
Seven commodities and products derived from them, listed by CN code in Annex I.
"'relevant commodities' means cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, rubber, soya and wood..."
Due diligence statements and all due diligence documentation must be kept for at least five years.
"Operators shall keep a record of the due diligence statements for five years from the date the statement is submitted through the information system referred to in Article 33."