PPWR Update: Week of June 29, 2026

Fees  |  July 2, 2026

Ecoembes has published full 2027 Punto Verde prices, unusually early in the year, and its rate page now leads with 2027. Headline 2027 domestic lines: PET beverage bottles up to 3L at 0.278 EUR/kg, other PET bottles 0.267, PET trays and other rigid items 0.682, HDPE rigid 0.282, other rigid plastics 0.773, flexible film 1.269, paper and cardboard 0.117, beverage cartons 0.544, steel 0.197, aluminum 0.040. Spanish household producers can model 2027 exposure now. Ecoembes covers household packaging only; glass sits with Ecovidrio, and industrial and commercial packaging with Envalora and the other industrial schemes. Rates: ecoembesempresas.com/precios. Source: Ecoembes Precios 2027 sheet, document dated July 2, 2026 [LOCKED]. Correction (October 22, 2026): Ecoembes also publishes separate commercial-packaging rates, so it does not cover household packaging only.

Regulatory & Policy  |  June 30, 2026

At the June 30, 2026 plenary session of the Plan plastique consultation, France's ecology minister stated that a deposit for recycling will be mandatory from January 1, 2029, citing a 58.4 percent beverage container collection rate in 2024 against a 90 percent goal. Local authority associations and NGOs walked out, and the Senate committee had formally opposed the measure on May 19, 2026, so the delivery route is contested, but the date is on the record and corroborated in a Senate written question of May 28, 2026. France moves from developing a DRS to a dated national commitment. Source: French Ministry for Ecological Transition consultation, June 30, 2026 [SIGNALED]. Correction (October 23, 2026): the government's September 4, 2026 release proposed a deposit only in volunteer local authorities and stated that no mandatory deposit would be put in place [SIGNALED].

Site Update  |  July 2, 2026

Expanded the Fee Estimator with per-SKU and country-specific fee structures for France, Italy, and the Netherlands, added a clickable EU map to the Country Navigator, and built a status tracker for the nine pending delegated acts. Correction (October 22, 2026): not every item on the tracker is a delegated act; the Acts Tracker now classifies each item by the Regulation article that provides for it.

Site Update  |  June 30, 2026

Added the Format Risk Screener with the A/B/C recyclability grade ladder and market-access dates, plus a consolidated Labeling requirements tab.