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Practical guidance on packaging compliance, importer duties and EPR reporting across the EU.
Selling to Romania? Understand packaging, battery and electronics EPR: producer registers, authorised representatives, AFM, reporting and PPWR changes.
Selling through Amazon? Understand Polish BDO, packaging, WEEE and battery duties, the limits of FBA and the evidence needed for EPR reporting and marketplace checks.
Entering the Czech or Slovak market? Check producer status, packaging obligations, local representation and separate WEEE and battery duties — including the PPWR changes applying since August 2026.
Selling products to Poland can trigger separate duties for packaging, electrical equipment and batteries. Learn when BDO registration, records and annual reporting apply — and how PPWR changes packaging compliance from August 2026.
Buyers are asking suppliers for a 'PPWR declaration' — and getting company-wide letters on letterhead. Under Article 39(2) of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, conformity is declared per packaging, not per company. Here is what counts as evidence and what to ask for instead.
If you buy packaged goods from a supplier in China, the UK, Turkey or the US, PPWR treats you as the importer — and shifts a large part of the manufacturer's responsibility onto your company. Here is what that means in practice.
Amazon removes listings, TikTok Shop deactivates them and Zalando has set a blocking date of 1 January 2027. See which marketplaces already verify EPR numbers, which are only preparing enforcement — and what to do before your offers disappear.
Outsourcing production does not necessarily outsource responsibility. If packaging is designed or manufactured and marketed under your name or trademark, PPWR may treat your company as its manufacturer.
PPWR limits the combined concentration of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in packaging and each component to 100 mg/kg. Learn what supplier evidence should contain and when testing may be needed.
