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How to comply with EU packaging & EPR

If you place packaged goods on an EU market — even as a small or non-EU seller — member states require you to register for packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), pay eco-contributions, report volumes, and increasingly label & design for recycling. Marketplaces suppress listings without an EPR number, and the EU PPWR phases in new rules from Aug 2026.

Step by step

Work through these — each is a place compliance is won or lost. PackProof's checker verifies every one for you in about a minute.

  1. Registered with a packaging EPR scheme in each EU country you sell to?
  2. Do you have your EPR registration number(s) on file (for marketplaces)?
  3. Reporting packaging volumes & paying the eco-contributions?
  4. Packaging labeled for material/sorting where required (e.g. France Triman)?
  5. Appointed an EU authorised representative where required (non-EU seller)?
  6. Designing packaging to be recyclable & minimal (PPWR)?
  7. Avoiding packaging formats PPWR restricts from 2030?

The fast way

🪿 Don't do it by hand. The free PackProof checker walks you through each step, flags exactly what's missing, and Clause drafts the fix for you — then re-check until you're clear. No signup, runs in your browser.

What's at stake if you skip it

⚠️ Exposure: EPR registration fees + member-state fines · Status: EPR in force · PPWR from 2026. Every rule's penalty →

The source

RuleGoose checks this against EU packaging EPR (Waste Framework Directive + national schemes) and the PPWR, Reg. (EU) 2025/40. Read it yourself: EUR-Lex — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) →

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Informational only, not legal advice, and not affiliated with the EU. Last reviewed 2026-06-30.