Applies from milestone
Adoption of the Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council.
Entry into force of the Regulation, twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of 22 January 2025.
General date from which the Regulation applies.
Directive 94/62/EC is repealed; individual provisions continue to apply for a limited period under Article 70(1).
The PFAS limit values for food-contact packaging start to apply.
The HORECA sector must provide a system allowing consumers to bring their own container.
Member States must lay down the rules on penalties and notify them to the Commission.
Compostable packaging formats must be compatible with the composting standards; all other packaging must be designed for material recycling.
Empty space in sales packaging must be limited to the minimum necessary.
The HORECA sector must also offer take-away drinks and food in reusable packaging.
The harmonised label on material composition must be applied to packaging placed on the market.
Article 67(5), amending the Single-Use Plastics Directive, starts to apply.
Reusable packaging must carry the re-usability label and a QR code.
Packaging may be placed on the market only if it is recyclable at performance grade A, B or C.
First stage of the minimum recycled content percentages in plastic packaging.
Packaging must be reduced to the minimum weight and volume necessary for its function.
The empty space ratio for grouped, transport and e-commerce packaging may not exceed 50 %.
The packaging formats listed in Annex V may no longer be placed on the market.
The re-use targets for transport, grouped and sales packaging must be met.
Achievement of the re-use targets must be evidenced; the first reporting year is the calendar year 2030.
Final distributors with a sales area of more than 400 m² endeavour to devote 10 % of that area to refill stations.
Packaging may be placed on the market only if it meets performance grade A or B.
Second stage of the minimum recycled content percentages in plastic packaging.
Second stage of the re-use targets; the Regulation frames them as a best-efforts duty.
Expires at milestone
Adoption of the Regulation by the European Parliament and the Council.
Entry into force of the Regulation, twenty days after its publication in the Official Journal of 22 January 2025.
General date from which the Regulation applies.
Directive 94/62/EC is repealed; individual provisions continue to apply for a limited period under Article 70(1).
The PFAS limit values for food-contact packaging start to apply.
The HORECA sector must provide a system allowing consumers to bring their own container.
Member States must lay down the rules on penalties and notify them to the Commission.
Compostable packaging formats must be compatible with the composting standards; all other packaging must be designed for material recycling.
Empty space in sales packaging must be limited to the minimum necessary.
The HORECA sector must also offer take-away drinks and food in reusable packaging.
The harmonised label on material composition must be applied to packaging placed on the market.
Article 67(5), amending the Single-Use Plastics Directive, starts to apply.
Reusable packaging must carry the re-usability label and a QR code.
Packaging may be placed on the market only if it is recyclable at performance grade A, B or C.
First stage of the minimum recycled content percentages in plastic packaging.
Packaging must be reduced to the minimum weight and volume necessary for its function.
The empty space ratio for grouped, transport and e-commerce packaging may not exceed 50 %.
The packaging formats listed in Annex V may no longer be placed on the market.
The re-use targets for transport, grouped and sales packaging must be met.
Achievement of the re-use targets must be evidenced; the first reporting year is the calendar year 2030.
Final distributors with a sales area of more than 400 m² endeavour to devote 10 % of that area to refill stations.
Packaging may be placed on the market only if it meets performance grade A or B.
Second stage of the minimum recycled content percentages in plastic packaging.
Second stage of the re-use targets; the Regulation frames them as a best-efforts duty.
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