Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40, the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
| Applies from | January 1, 2030, or 3 years after the Art. 7(8) implementing act enters into force, whichever is the latest |
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| Binds | Manufacturers, importers |
| Evidence | Locked read in the EUR-Lex text |
Minimum post-consumer recycled content in any plastic part of packaging, averaged per manufacturing plant and per year: 30 percent for contact-sensitive PET, 10 percent for other contact-sensitive plastics, 30 percent for single-use plastic beverage bottles, and 35 percent for all other plastic packaging. A second tier follows in 2040 at 50, 25, 65 and 65 percent. The calculation and verification methodology is an Art. 7(8) implementing act due December 31, 2026; the 2030 date moves only if that act enters into force after January 1, 2027, because Art. 7(1) applies from January 1, 2030, or 3 years after the Art. 7(8) implementing act enters into force, whichever is the latest. Art. 7(12) carries a separate Commission assessment, with possible derogations, due January 1, 2028.