Learn what the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) means for packaging compliance, including key rules on recyclability, recycled plastic content, PFAS, packaging EPR, minimization, and labeling. This article outlines the main PPWR deadlines, business impacts, and practical steps companies can take now to prepare for Regulation (EU) 2025/40.

A four-week public consultation has now officially opened, with a deadline of August 5, 2026.

On June 30, 2026, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation to list chlorpyrifos in Part A of Annex I to the POPs Regulation.

On 12 August 2026, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40) will become fully mandatory. This is not a "recommendatory" guidance document. It is a regulation with direct legal force, uniformly applicable to all EU Member States. From that date onwards, packaging that fails to meet requirements – including excessive heavy metals, non-compliant PFAS levels, incomplete EPR registration, or missing mandatory labels – may face product delisting, customs detention, heavy fines, or even exclusion from the EU market.

On June 5, 2026, the European Commission published the Guidance Document on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

On 17 June 2026, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a political agreement on the European Commission's "Omnibus VI" package.

EU and GB biocides regulations have extended key deadlines and data protection periods. Here's what the changes mean for compliance and market access.

Confidentiality applications must be submitted before June 30, 2026.

On June 5, 2026, at the RAC-77 meeting, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and its inorganic salts are classified as PMT/vPvM substances.

On June 3, 2026, ECHA released a briefing on the SEAC consultation for the PFAS restriction proposal, receiving 3,511 comments within a 60-day period.