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PPWR, read from the regulation

Guides written from the text of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 rather than from summaries of it, with every requirement cited to the article it comes from. Fewer pages than most, checked more often.

Where a date in the regulation is conditional on delegated or implementing acts, these guides say so rather than stating it flat. That distinction changes planning, and it is the detail most often lost in secondary sources.

Guide · with tool

PPWR for importers and distributors

Articles 18, 19 and 21: what you verify before placing packaging on the market, what belongs in the file, the 10 day rule, and the point at which own brand packaging makes you the manufacturer. Includes a role classifier.

Verified 18 July 2026 · 12 min read
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DoC gap check

Answer nine questions and see what your Declaration of Conformity file is missing, against the elements Article 39 and Annex VII require. Runs in your browser, nothing stored.

Interactive · 3 min
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The EU Declaration of Conformity, line by line

What Annex VIII actually requires, what a sufficient declaration looks like next to an insufficient one, and how to write a supplier request that returns usable evidence.

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Conditional deadlines: what 2030 really means

Which PPWR dates are fixed, which depend on delegated or implementing acts, and how to build a plan that survives either outcome.

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Reading is cheaper than assessing. Assessing is cheaper than rework.

If the guides have surfaced a question about your own portfolio, a scoping conversation puts a number on the work before anything is committed.

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