The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) was officially adopted by the Council of the European Union on 16 December 2024, and published in the EU Official Journal on 22 January 2025. Since the regulation includes a transition period of 18 months, it will officially enter into force in July 2026.

• Labelling requirements: Phased introduction starting from 2026: QR code, declaration of conformity
• Information requirements: Applicable from the date of entry into force: QR code
• Reuse and refill systems: Applicable from the date of entry into force
• Reuse systems: Applicable from the date of entry into force
• Restriction of hazardous substances: Applicable from the date of entry into force
• Compostability and minimisation: Phased introduction from 2025
• Deposit and return systems: Phased introduction until 2029
• Minimum recycled content requirements: Phased introduction from 2030
• Ban on misleading packaging (“shrinkflation”): applicable from 2030
• Content targets: Phased introduction from 2030
• Recycling targets: Phased introduction until 2030
• Design-for-recycling criteria: Phased introduction from 2030
• Performance criteria for recyclability: applicable from 2035
• Reduction of packaging waste: Phased introduction until 2040

EPPAdoc is a digital platform for the comprehensive capture of product and packaging data across the entire European Union, so that extensive legally mandated requirements, as well as the reporting and notification systems, can be standardized, centralized, and above all digitally recorded.

EPPAdoc

• provides complete product management, capturing every detail in its database: product number, trade name, internal designation, packaging weight, product group, category (household or commercial), product image, and full manufacturer information.
• provides sales volume management, tracking the sales volume of each product over specific periods.
• supports manufacturers throughout the entire packaging licensing process. EPPAdoc calculates quantities for each period and, where possible, automatically submits the reports to the relevant collection and recycling system.
• generates a QR code for every product, giving consumers instant access to all essential product information. The QR code is used both to provide mandatory disclosures to consumers and to optimise packaging reporting.
• a QR code placed on the packaging gives consumers direct electronic access to the manufacturer’s website.
• generates the mandatory declaration of conformity for each product. Manufacturers must provide an EU declaration of conformity confirming that their packaging complies with the relevant regulations.

The declaration of conformity must always be kept up to date. It must be translated into the language or languages required by the Member State in which the packaging is placed on the market or made available.

Manufacturers shall keep the EU declaration of conformity (as specified in Annex VII of the EU Packaging Regulation 2025) for five years after single-use packaging has been placed on the market, and ten years after reusable packaging has been placed on the market.

Any company interested in using EPPAdoc can enter into an agreement with EPPAdoc via the website www.eppadoc.eu.

Registration fee: Upon conclusion of the agreement, EPPAdoc will send the partner a confirmation as well as the access data. Furthermore, the partner will receive an invoice for the one-time registration fee of €300.-

Ongoing costs for the use of EPPAdoc:

• Small package: € 79 per month
  • The partner can edit up to 100 active articles simultaneously in their database.
• Medium package: € 119 per month
  • The partner can edit up to 250 active articles simultaneously in their database.
• Professional package: € 179 per month

The partner can edit an unlimited number of active articles simultaneously in their database.