EU PPWR

PPWR,
step by step.

From applicability check to EU Declaration of Conformity. One guided process, every result visible in real time.

Applicability check

Your role. Your obligations.

Manufacturer, importer, distributor or fulfilment provider: your PPWR obligations depend on your role. We assess it per company and article, and map exactly what applies to you.

✓Role assessment across all articles
✓Obligations mapped per role
✓Results in real time

Check your obligations

PPWR · Applicability

One check. Every obligation.

Live applicabilityCompanies checkedRegulation (EU) 2025/40 · from 12 Aug 2026

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PPWR ⇅

Legal background

Applicability

Packaging

Procurement

Sourcing

Classification

CN code classifier

Transactions

Purchase orders

Imports

Master data

Companies

Articles

Business partners

Tenant One · PPWR

Tenant One›PPWR›Applicability

Applicability

Determine per company whether Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) applies. One packaging placed on the EU market is enough to trigger obligations.

PPWR applicability per company

CompanyPPWR applicableObligations

GreenTech Berlin GmbHYesConformityConformity & DoCMarking (Art. 15)Registration DEEPR rep FRView obligations

EcoFuture Paris S.A.No—View obligations

SustainItalia Rome S.p.A.Not checked—Check PPWR relevance

WindEnergy Amsterdam B.V.Not checked—Check PPWR relevance

Check PPWR relevance

SustainItalia Rome S.p.A.

Answer every section to determine whether the company has PPWR economic-operator obligations.

1. Manufacturing & own brand

Determines whether the company acts as manufacturer under Art. 3(1)(13).

⚠ Incomplete

Do you manufacture or fill/pack products yourselves? *

YesNo

Do you sell packaging or packaged products under your own brand? *

YesNo

Are you a micro-enterprise? *

YesNo

2. Imports

Determines whether the company acts as importer under Art. 3(1)(17).

⚠ Incomplete

Do you import packaged goods or packaging from outside the EU? *

YesNo

3. Establishment & cross-border sales

Determines producer status per member state under Art. 3(1)(15).

⚠ Incomplete

In which member states are you established AND first place packaged products on the market? *

DEFR

Select every country that applies, or explicitly confirm none apply.

Do you sell cross-border directly to end users? *

Yes, to FRNo

4. Packaging categories

Which packaging categories you use. Art. 3(1)(4) to (8). Decides later obligations (2028 to 2030).

⚠ Incomplete

Which packaging categories do you use? *

SalesTransportE-commerceServiceGrouped

Select every category that applies, or explicitly confirm none of these apply.

5. Food contact & environmental claims

Gates PFAS limits (Art. 5(5)) and green-claims discipline (Art. 14).

⚠ Incomplete

Do you place any food-contact packaging on the market? *

YesNo

Do you advertise environmental properties of your packaging? *

YesNo

Working aid, not legal advice. Based on Regulation (EU) 2025/40; the English Official Journal text is authoritative.

Live result0/5 sections

SustainItalia Rome S.p.A.

Answer the sections to compute obligations

Roles: none

Answer the remaining sections to compute obligations.

0 of 5 sections answered · Answer every section to complete the check.DiscardComplete check

Affected companies · PPWR

Of 4 companies · obligations from 12 Aug 2026

PPWR · Declaration of Conformity

Created. Documented. Stored.

DoC coveragePackaging with issued DoCModel per Annex VIII · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

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PPWR ⇅

Legal background

Applicability

Packaging

Procurement

Sourcing

Classification

CN code classifier

Transactions

Purchase orders

Imports

Master data

Companies

Articles

Business partners

Tenant One · PPWR

PPWR›Packaging

Packaging

Every packaging unit you place on the EU market must be classified and documented under PPWR (Art. 3, Annex I). This master data is the basis for substance limits, technical documentation and the Declaration of Conformity (Art. 38/39).

Upload packaging listAdd item

Search by item name, packaging type, level...Verdict ⌄Packaging type ⌄Substances ⌄Compliance status ⌄

Item nameVerdictPackaging typeLevelSingle-useSubstancesClassified onCompliance

Folding carton for toothpaste tubePackagingSales packagingPrimaryYesOpen15.7.2026Partial

Euro palletPackagingTransport packagingTertiaryNoOpen15.7.2026Partial

Burger box, coated paperboard (fast food)PackagingService packagingPrimaryYesOpen16.7.2026Partial

Microwave popcorn bagPackagingSales packagingPrimaryYesOpen16.7.2026Partial

Glass jar 250 ml with twist-off lidPackagingSales packagingPrimaryNoConform15.7.2026Partial

E-commerce shipping boxPackagingE-commerce/transportSecondaryYesConform17.7.2026Partial

Stainless-steel thermos flask (sold separately)Not packaging————16.7.2026Not relevant

Folding carton for toothpaste tubePackagingIn progressSales packaging · Primary · Classified on 15.7.2026

Classification

Master data & marking

Substances (Art. 5)

Supplier information

Technical documentation

Declaration of Conformity

Classification & legal reasoningClassifying…Re-classify✎ Edit

The folding carton is sales packaging under PPWR Art. 3(1)(1)(a): it contains, protects and presents the toothpaste tube to the end user.

Packaging typeSales packagingLevelPrimaryDefinition basisArt. 3(1)(1)(a) — contain/protect/handle/deliver/presentAnnex I matchBoxes for toothpaste tubes (Annex I)

Legal reasoning⌄

Working aid, not legal advice. Based on Regulation (EU) 2025/40; the English Official Journal text is authoritative.

Master data & marking (Art. 5, 15, 22)

Drives Article 5 requirements, marking obligations and the evidence needed downstream.

Incomplete

Single-use / ReusableSingle-useReusableUnset

Food contactYesNoUnset

Sourcing of empty packagingSelect ⌄

Marking on pack (Art. 15(5)/(6))

Identifier scheme on packLOT + Julian date, rear panelManufacturer as displayedGreenTech Berlin GmbH, Musterstraße 1, 10115 Berlin, DE

Components & evidence (Art. 5, 16)

Verdicts are derived from the numbers (Pb+Cd+Hg+Cr(VI) ≤ 100 mg/kg; PFAS ≤ 50 mg/kg for food-contact).

Substance compliance: Open

Carton body · BodyHM ConformPFAS n/a

GC1 paperboard · Supplier: CartonPack GmbH

Pb+Cd+Hg+Cr(VI): — mg/kg (≤ 100) — Art. 5(4)PFAS: n/a (not food-contact)

Supplier evidence — entered manually

Supplier declaration confirms Pb+Cd+Hg+Cr(VI) sum < 100 mg/kg (Art. 5(4)); packaging is not food-contact so PFAS not applicable. Issued by CartonPack GmbH, 2026-06-11.

🗎 DECL-2026-014.pdfPDF128 KB View

Supplier information (Art. 16)

Evidence feeds Substances, Tech Doc and DoC. Sourcing of the empty packaging: Bought in EU.

Incomplete

Substance compliance declaration (Art. 5(4)/(6))

DECL-2026-014.pdf · 128 KB → filed as component evidence

Missing

Fluorine / PFAS test documentation (Art. 5(5)(c))

Auto-set to n/a — not a food-contact packaging.

n/a

Materials specification of components

GC1-paperboard-spec.pdf · 156 KB → feeds Annex VII 2(b)

Missing

Manufacturing process description

process-description-cartonpack.pdf · 96 KB → feeds Annex VII 2(c)

Missing

Supplier's own DoC for the empty packaging

DOC-CP-2026-113.pdf · 84 KB — retained on file per Art. 18(7)

Missing

Technical documentation (Annex VII, Module A)

Upload once, kept with the record. Keep 5 years (single-use) after placing on the market — Art. 15(3).

Incomplete

(a) General description & intended use — single-use sales packaging (primary), retail sale to the end user

Pending

(b) Design, manufacturing drawings & component materials — carton-diecut-FC-TP-001.pdf

Pending

(d) Standards / specifications applied — EN 13427, whole standard (feeds DoC field 6 verbatim)

Pending

(e) Assessments under Art. 6, 10, 11 — not applicable until the 2027–2030 phase-in

Not applicable

(f) Test reports & substance evidence — auto-aggregated from Substances and Supplier evidence

Pending

EU Declaration of Conformity (Art. 39)Assembled from the data you entered in the previous steps.

Draft

Item identity

PKG-FC-TP-001 · Sales packaging for a toothpaste tube

From: Classification →Waiting

Substance results (1 component)

Carton body · Pb+Cd+Hg+Cr(VI): 42 mg/kg (≤ 100) · PFAS: n/a

From: Substances (Art. 5) →Waiting

Supplier documents (Art. 16)

DECL-2026-014.pdf · GC1-paperboard-spec.pdf · DOC-CP-2026-113.pdf

From: Supplier information →Waiting

Technical documentation (Annex VII)

(a)–(d), (f) provided · (e) not applicable · EN 13427 — whole standard

From: Technical documentation →Waiting

Blocking checks

Master data complete
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Substance conformity (Art. 5(6))
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Supplier evidence on file (Art. 16)
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Technical documentation (Annex VII)
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Preview declarationDownload PDFKeep 5 years (single-use), 10 for reusables — Art. 15(3).

Declaration of Conformity

Model per Annex VIII, Regulation (EU) 2025/40.

EU Declaration of Conformity

No. DOC-2026-0001 · Draft

1. Unique identification of the packaging

PKG-FC-TP-001 — Folding carton for toothpaste tube

2. Name and address of the manufacturer (and authorised representative, where applicable)

GreenTech Berlin GmbH, Musterstraße 1, 10115 Berlin, Germany · EORI DE123456789

This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.

4. Object of the declaration (identification allowing traceability)

Sales packaging · Primary. Boxes for toothpaste tubes (Annex I).

5. Conformity with relevant Union legislation

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) — in particular Article 5: sum of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr(VI) ≤ 100 mg/kg (Art. 5(4)); not food-contact packaging — the Art. 5(5) PFAS restriction does not apply.

6. Harmonised standards / common specifications applied

EN 13427 — Whole standard — packaging requirements

7. Notified body

Not applicable — Module A (internal production control).

8. Additional information · signature

Substance evidence: supplier declaration DECL-2026-014. Empty-packaging DoC on file: DOC-CP-2026-113 (Art. 18(7)). Primary component supplier: CartonPack GmbH. Signed for and on behalf of GreenTech Berlin GmbH. Place and date: Berlin, 29.7.2026. Name / function: Maria Schmidt / Compliance Manager.

Working aid, not legal advice. Manufacturer assumes responsibility (Art. 39(4)).Issue & lock

DoCs issued · PPWR

Audit-ready · one per packaging type

Declaration of conformity

Created, documented, stored.

Generate your EU Declaration of Conformity directly from your assessment results, backed by complete technical documentation. Stored audit-ready for as long as the regulation requires.

✓Declaration per packaging type
✓Technical documentation included
✓Compliant storage: 5 years, 10 for reusables

Create your declaration

Registration & EPRComing soon

27 registers. One overview.

Packaging EPR is already mandatory in every Member State where your packaging enters the market. Since 12 August 2026, the PPWR adds the EU-wide rule: no register, no market. The national registers are still catching up. We track registration status, reporting deadlines and EPR fees per country as each Member State comes online.

✓Registration status per Member State
✓Reporting deadlines and data requirements
✓Built on your existing packaging data

Registration & EPRComing soon

27 registers. One overview.

Obligation from

Aug 2026

No register, no market

PPWR›Registration & EPR27 Member States

Member State registers

Registration status, reporting deadlines and EPR fees per country — built on the packaging data you already maintain.

Markets in scope

Registered

In progress

ATAustriaRegistered

BEBelgiumRegistered

BGBulgariaIn progress

HRCroatiaRegistered

CYCyprusOpen

CZCzechiaIn progress

DKDenmarkRegistered

EEEstoniaOpen

FIFinlandRegistered

FRFranceIn progress

DEGermanyRegistered

GRGreeceOpen

HUHungaryIn progress

IEIrelandRegistered

ITItalyRegistered

LVLatviaOpen

LTLithuaniaIn progress

LULuxembourgRegistered

MTMaltaOpen

NLNetherlandsRegistered

PLPolandIn progress

PTPortugalRegistered

RORomaniaOpen

SKSlovakiaIn progress

SISloveniaRegistered

ESSpainOpen

SESwedenRegistered

Coming soon

RegisteredIn progressOpenDeadlines and fees tracked per register

Coming soon

One overview of all 27 national packaging registers - obligations, deadlines and filing status in a single place. Coming soon to the kolum platform.

LabellingComing soon

Ready for the 2028 label.

Applies from

Aug 2028

EU harmonised sorting label

PPWR›LabellingAwaiting implementing act

Label readiness per packaging

Your material and component data is already in the system. The moment the implementing act is final, we map the right label to every package.

Folding carton for toothpaste tubeDraft

Harmonised sorting label

Pictogram set per the implementing act

Paper / carton

Carton body · GC1

Adhesive

Water-based

Separable

Yes — single stream

Bin

Pending pictogram

Preview only — final artwork follows the adopted act.

Data readinessData ready

What we already hold, and what still depends on the Commission.

Material composition per componentFrom your packaging records (Annex VII 2(b))Ready

Separability and weight sharesDerived from component master dataReady

Packaging type and levelFrom the PPWR classification stepReady

Harmonised pictograms and label sizesSet by the implementing act under Art. 12Waiting

Transition rules for existing stockTracked as soon as the act is publishedWaiting

Updated automatically when the rules are final — Art. 12, Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Coming soon

Harmonised sorting labels for every packaging unit, ready ahead of the 2028 deadline. Coming soon to the kolum platform.

LabellingComing soon

Ready for the 2028 label.

From August 2028, packaging needs the EU harmonised sorting label. Your material data is already in the system. We tell you which label each package needs, the moment the rules are final.

✓Label requirements per package
✓Updated with the implementing act
✓Transition tracking for existing stock

FAQ

PPWR, answered.

What is the PPWR?

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste. It replaces the old directive and applies directly in every Member State, with obligations phasing in from 2026 onwards.

Who is affected?

Manufacturers, importers, distributors and fulfilment providers placing packaged goods on the EU market. Your exact obligations depend on your role, which kolum assesses per company and article.

What is the EU Declaration of Conformity?

A formal statement that your packaging meets the PPWR requirements, backed by technical documentation. It must be kept for 5 years, or 10 years for reusable packaging.

Does PPWR work with the rest of kolum?

Yes. PPWR runs on the same platform and shared article and supplier data as EU CBAM, UK CBAM and EUDR, so you only maintain your master data once.

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