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Product updates, guides, and engineering notes from the team.
PPWR Articles 6 and 7: future duties and exemption guide
A practical guide to the phased recyclability and recycled-content duties, including the exemption categories in Articles 6(11), 7(4), and 7(5).
PPWR reporting requirements: what you register, and what you declare every year
Article 44 of the PPWR makes registration in a national producer register a precondition for placing packaging on the market — and registration is only the start. What you report, to whom, and how often.
PPWR Declaration of Conformity: what Annex VIII actually requires
What the EU Declaration of Conformity for packaging is, who signs it, what Annex VIII contains, and how long you have to keep it. Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, explained.
Selling into the EU from outside it? Article 45 applies to you
Non-EU sellers need an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility in every Member State they sell into. What Article 45 of the PPWR requires, and what happens if you skip it.