The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), Regulation (EU) 2025/40, has replaced Directive 94/62/EC. This directly applicable regulation introduces stringent, harmonized requirements across the EU, covering packaging design, recyclability, recycled content, substance restrictions, and digital transparency.
With the first requirements, including substance restrictions, Declarations of Conformity (DoC), and environmental claims, applying from August 12, 2026, proactive preparation is critical to avoid enforcement risks and market access disruptions.
Understanding where your specific obligations lie is the first step in building a compliant packaging strategy. We provide the structural certainty you need.
We identify if you are a “producer” under PPWR, determine your Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations, and map your route to market to understand exactly where your packaging is placed on the EU market.
We conduct a review of your product and packaging configuration based on PPWR definitions and Annex I guidance, providing clear classification outcomes (sales, grouped, or transport packaging) with supporting rationale.
We evaluate how your business fits into the definitions of manufacturer, importer, or distributor, and clarify the specific design, conformity, and technical documentation responsibilities attached to your role.
A focused assessment of your packaging items against relevant PPWR articles. We identify gaps, assess risks based on material type and format, and prioritize packaging changes to support future compliance.
PPWR Article 5 restricts the presence of specific substances. We help you navigate these complex chemical requirements:
Leveraging Landbell Group’s 30 years of global regulatory expertise, we provide the dedicated operational support your business needs to maintain seamless market access. Whether you require a formal regulatory interface in Europe or specialized training to empower your internal teams, our services are designed to minimize your administrative burden while maximizing your compliance readiness.
We act as your single, trusted partner across multiple Member States, managing your DoCs, responding to authority requests, and coordinating multilingual support to significantly reduce operational complexity.
We offer 4-hour, business-specific workshops (online or in-person). These sessions go beyond high-level overviews to provide your team with practical training on implementation timelines, enforcement risks, and how to apply PPWR requirements to your specific business model.
We take an “Integrated Insight” approach. We assess your PPWR obligations in the context of broader impacts like REACH, SCIP, and RoHS to ensure you aren’t managing these as fragmented data points, but as a unified product stewardship program.
The DPP is a machine-readable carrier that links to a decentralized database. We map your product data against current requirements to ensure you are ready for future implementing acts.
We do both. We define the testing scope based on your material, coordinate with accredited EU/US laboratories, and validate supplier test reports to ensure they are technically sufficient to support a legal Declaration of Conformity.
The initial requirements cover substance restrictions and Declarations of Conformity. Failure to comply can lead to market access restrictions and enforcement action by national authorities.
It applies to all packaging placed on the EU market. Whether you are a manufacturer, importer, or retailer, and regardless of whether your company is based inside or outside the EU, you have obligations if your goods reach the European market.
