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PPWR · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

PPWR compliance for packaging in the European Union.

The Regulation on packaging and packaging waste applies from 12 August 2026. Cleo tells you what it requires of each of your packaging items, article by article, and what is still missing.

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PPWR · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

What the PPWR requires of your packaging

  • Article 5Substances
    The requirements on substances in packaging
  • Article 6Recyclability
    Recyclable packaging
  • Article 7Recycled content
    The minimum recycled content in plastic packaging
  • Article 12Labelling
    The labelling of packaging
Read the full text on EUR-Lex

Published in the Official Journal on 22 January 2025

The PPWR applies from 12 August 2026

Read the text on EUR-Lex

PPWR · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

How Cleo tracks the PPWR for your packaging

  1. 01Monitoring included
    The Regulation takes shape in stages. Every week, Cleo flags the acts that affect your packaging, with their date of application.
  2. 02An answer that cites the article
    You ask which sorting label to display, or what changes for a packaging item. The answer cites the article of the Regulation it rests on.
  3. 03What is missing, item by item
    For each packaging item: what is covered, what remains to be checked and the data that is missing.

PPWR · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

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Services

A team puts the file together, at a stated price: the agent prepares, a compliance expert reviews and validates.

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Data

Every rule structured and linked to its official text, via API and MCP server.

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Thousands of SKUs: Cleo connected to your systems, with a dedicated compliance team.

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