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A written, item-by-item check of your packaging against the EU packaging regulation: your role, what applies today, what comes later and what to ask your suppliers. €390 for up to 25 packaging items, report within 10 working days. 
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What the check is
A written check of each of your packaging items against the EU packaging regulation (PPWR, Regulation 2025/40). The PPWR applies since 12 August 2026, but most of its rules arrive later. The check tells you, item by item, what applies to you today, what you will need from your suppliers, and what to plan for. We run your packaging list through our PPWR software, and our team reviews every item before you get the report. See PPWR in Germany.
What you get
- Your role per item: manufacturer, importer or neither (branding generic packaging makes you the manufacturer).
- What applies today: the declaration of conformity (heavy metals, and PFAS for food-contact packaging) and the traceability marking.
- Whether the micro-enterprise exemption can apply to you.
- The rules each item will face later: recyclability, recycled content for plastic, minimisation and labelling.
- A list of the gaps, with a request letter ready for each supplier who owes you data.
- A written report (PDF) and a spreadsheet of your items.
Price
| Price, excl. VAT | |
|---|---|
| PPWR readiness check, up to 25 packaging items | €390 per company, one-off |
| More than 25 items | On quote |
| Declarations of conformity after the check | From €149 per packaging type |
Report within 10 working days of receiving your packaging list. The check is not legal advice or a certification: it shows where you stand and what to ask your suppliers. Then see declarations of conformity.
What we need from you
A list of your packaging items (box, mailer, bag, bottle, label, fill), with the material, the supplier, whether it carries your brand and whether it touches food. Supplier specification sheets help if you have them.
PPWR and German EPR are different
The PPWR sets EU rules for the packaging itself. German EPR is your LUCID registration, your dual-system licence and your data reports. You need both; the packaging representative plan covers German EPR.
Razvan Toma is the founder of EPR Germany Rep and of EPR France Rep, the French sister service. He has worked in waste management and recycling since 2009, running waste-separation programmes inside large B2B organisations in France for clients including Chanel, Microsoft, Decathlon, Pirelli, IKEA, Vinci, Capgemini and E.Leclerc. He reads the statutes and the regulator's own guidance directly, and publishes what they say — including when it means telling a visitor they do not need to buy anything.
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