Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
| Applies | Grades from January 1, 2030, or 24 months after the Art. 6(4) delegated acts enter into force, whichever is the latest; recycled-at-scale test from January 1, 2035, or five years after the Art. 6(5) implementing acts enter into force, whichever is the latest; Grade A or B only from January 1, 2038 |
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| Binds | Manufacturers, importers, and distributors |
| Evidence | Locked read in the EUR-Lex text |
Annex II Table 1 is an indicative list of 22 packaging categories, set by predominant material, packaging type, and format (for example, PET rigid bottles and flasks in category 7 and PE flexible films in category 11); the design-for-recycling criteria and the A, B, and C grades are developed for these categories (Art. 6(4)(a)). Annex II Table 2 groups the Table 1 categories into material categories (for example, films and flexible plastics: categories 9, 11, 13, and 18); the recycled-at-scale assessment and its Art. 3(1)(39) thresholds apply per Table 2 category, under the methodology of the Art. 6(5) implementing acts. Annex II Table 3 expresses recyclability in performance grades A (95 percent or more), B (80 percent or more), and C (70 percent or more), assessed per packaging unit in terms of weighting of the design-for-recycling criteria; packaging below 70 percent is technically non-recyclable, not a lower grade.