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EU PPWR compliance tool

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 · European Union · Binding instrument

Name anyone on your staff. The system makes them your compliance person.

A member of your own staff, with no compliance background, reads the training module, answers the interview, and finishes with your EU PPWR documentation cited article by article. The knowledge stays in the business.

Every account level runs inside a dedicated Claude account. Anyone can try a toolkit in their own Claude account; compliance work runs in a dedicated one. The Claude Max plan is £90 a month, paid to Anthropic, and is not included in any level.

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EU PPWR is Regulation (EU) 2025/40, a binding instrument in the European Union. Packaging design, recyclability and labelling requirements from 2026 onward.

The free assessment screens for EU PPWR when a business places packaged goods on the market, or places physical products on the market, or manufactures goods, or imports goods.

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• Your exact position under EU PPWR: what is in place, what is missing, and what to do about each gap.
• Documentation with article citations, ready for auditors, insurers, customers and public buyers.
• A trained person inside the business who understands what the regulation requires, and stays.
• A dated record of every section completed, with the reports themselves staying in your own Claude account. The toolkit is carried by an account level, see the plans.
• All of it completed in-house, at your own pace, without booking a single meeting.

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Does EU PPWR apply to my business?

You are caught if you place packaging or packaged products on the Union market, or unpack packaged products without being an end user, as a manufacturer, importer, distributor, supplier, authorised representative, final distributor, fulfilment service provider or producer. The Regulation applies from 12 August 2026 under Article 70(1).

Who does EU PPWR apply to?

It applies to economic operators across the packaging chain: manufacturers, importers, distributors, suppliers, authorised representatives, final distributors and fulfilment service providers, plus producers under extended producer responsibility, producer responsibility organisations, online platform providers within Section 4, Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, and re-use or deposit-return system operators.

Does EU PPWR apply to a small business?

Yes, with reliefs for micro-enterprises and small businesses. Micro-enterprises, defined by reference to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC as applicable on 11 February 2025, placing less than a certain volume of packaging on the market are exempt from re-use targets, and small businesses filling transport, primary production or service packaging at the point of sale carry a reduced extended producer responsibility burden.

When does EU PPWR apply from, and what are the deadlines?

The Regulation applies from 12 August 2026 (Article 70(1)). Key dates include the PFAS ban from 12 August 2026 (Article 5(5)), the extended producer responsibility symbol from 12 February 2027 (Article 12(9)), recyclability grade C and recycled content from 1 January 2030 (Articles 6(3), 7(1)), and recyclability grade B from 1 January 2038 (Article 6(3)).

What does EU PPWR require me to do?

You must meet the Article 4(1) general duty not to place packaging on the market unless it complies with Articles 5 to 12, covering substances of concern, recyclability, recycled content, minimisation, labelling and marking. Manufacturers carry out the Article 38 conformity assessment and draw up the Article 39 EU declaration of conformity.

What records or documents does EU PPWR require me to keep or produce?

A manufacturer or importer must retain the EU declaration of conformity and Annex VII technical documentation for 5 years from the date single-use packaging was placed on the market, or 10 years for reusable packaging (Article 15(3), Article 18(7), Annex VII point 4). Economic operators generally must retain supply chain traceability records for the same 5 or 10 year periods (Article 22(2)).

What happens if I do not comply with EU PPWR?

The Regulation sets no fine amounts at EU level. Article 68(1) requires each Member State to lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties by 12 February 2027, and Article 68(2) requires penalties for Articles 24 to 29 breaches to include administrative fines, so exposure depends on the national law of each Member State where you place packaging on the market.

Does EU PPWR apply to a UK business selling into the EU?

The Regulation applies within the European Union internal market, and imports from third countries entering the Union market are subject to equivalent conditions to packaging manufactured within the Union. The instrument does not state a separate rule for a UK business selling into the EU.

How is EU PPWR different from EU REACH?

REACH primarily addresses and restricts substances in packaging and packaging components, and that the REACH polymer definition applies to the definition of plastic under this Regulation (Recital 24; Articles 3(1)(52), 5(2)(a), 5(4), 5(5)(c), 6(4)(a)(v)).

How do I start complying with EU PPWR?

Start with the Article 4(1) general conformity duty, which prohibits placing packaging on the market unless it complies with the sustainability, labelling and information requirements in Articles 5 to 12. The manufacturer then carries out the Article 38 conformity assessment following the Annex VII Module A internal production control approach.

Which ComplianceSME account includes the EU PPWR toolkit?

The EU PPWR agent toolkit is included from the Small level.

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