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Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)

Preamble
Recitals 188
Chapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Article 1-4) 4
Chapter II - SUSTAINABILITY REQUIREMENTS (Article 5-11) 7
Chapter III - LABELLING, MARKING AND INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS (Article 12-14) 3
Chapter IV - GENERAL OBLIGATIONS (Article 15-23) 9
Chapter V - OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS TO REDUCE PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE (Article 24-33) 10
Chapter VI - PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS (Article 34) 1
Chapter VII - CONFORMITY OF PACKAGING (Article 35-39) 5
Chapter VIII - MANAGEMENT OF PACKAGING AND OF PACKAGING WASTE (Article 40-57) 18
Chapter IX - SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES (Article 58-62) 5
Chapter X - GREEN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT (Article 63) 1
Chapter XI - DELEGATED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE (Article 64-65) 2
Chapter XII - AMENDMENTS (Article 66-67) 2
Chapter XIII - FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 68-71) 4
Annexes 13
- Annex I
- Annex II
- Annex III
- Annex IV
- Annex V
- Annex VI
- Annex VII
- Annex VIII
- Annex IX
- Annex X
- Annex XI
- Annex XII
- Annex XIII

waste

Defined in Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)

Definitions over time (1)

11/02/2025 – today applies on 10/11/2026 Article 3, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) Scope: Whole act

1. For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

‘waste’ means waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC; reusable packaging sent to reconditioning is not considered to be waste;

Used in (396 places in 110 provisions on 10/11/2026)

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) (396 in 110)

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