REGULATION (EU) 2025/40
Stricter rules on packaging and packaging waste

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), in force since February 11, 2025, introduces stricter rules aimed at reducing the environmental impact of packaging. The main objective is to promote the circular economy through strict measures across the entire life cycle of packaging – from design and production to waste management.

The Regulation will apply as of August 12, 2026, with certain provisions of the EU acts it amends or repeals will enter into force at later dates. Published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 22nd of January 2025, this act complements Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 and applies to all packaging placed on the EU market and the related waste, regardless of type or material. The new EU framework also provides a revised definition of packaging, updating the definition under the Directive 94/62/EC (transposed in Romania by Law no. 249/2015). Sales packaging corresponds to primary packaging, grouped packaging corresponds to secondary packaging, and transport packaging corresponds to tertiary packaging.

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