Packaging
EU Packaging Compliance: PPWR and EPR
Packaging compliance for the EU splits into two genuinely separate questions — what your packaging has to physically be (PPWR's design rules) and who has to register and pay for its end-of-life handling (EPR's national mechanism). Most sellers with EU-bound packaging face both, but they're answered by different pages here on purpose.
PPWR — Design Requirements
Recyclability, minimisation and restricted-substance rules for the packaging itself, under Regulation (EU) 2025/40, applying from 12 August 2026.
EPR — Registration & Fees
The national Extended Producer Responsibility mechanism — who registers, where, and what it costs — including the Germany LUCID example.