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I: EU packaging rules  \n➢ Scope  \n➢ Replacing previous rules ( Directive 94/62/EC) with the new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) 2025/40  \n➢ Overview of most relevant new obligations  \n❑ Part II: Practical implications of the new packaging rules  \n➢ On all actors  \n➢ On producers in non-EU countries  \n❑ Questions and answers  \nFurther questions? [e-mail:](e-mail: agrinfo@colead.link)[ ](e-mail: agrinfo@colead.link)[agrinfo@colead.link](e-mail: agrinfo@colead.link)  \nTowards a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system: supporting  \ncompliance with regulatory and non-regulatory measures of the European Union (EU)   \nImplemented by COLEAD, a not-for-profit private sector organisation that manages development programmes in the agriculture and food sector (mainly in African, Caribbean and Pacific States) funded by donors, amongst which the EU is the most important.  \nAn open access portal that provides up-to-date information on all recent and upcoming changes to EU rules that have an impact on agri-food and fish value chains  \nWhile AGRINFO is an EU-funded programme, this presentation does not reflect the views of  \nthe European Commission  \nMonitor  \nEU introduces approx.  \n180 new or changes toagri-food rules every year  \nConsolidate  \nSimplify  \nprovides clear,  \naccessible explanations of what rules are changing, why and implications  \n4  \n[www.agrinfo.eu](www.agrinfo.eu)  \nREPORTS ON:  \n• What ´s happening  \n• When  \n• Why  \n• Implications  \n• Recommended Actions  \n• Background & Resources  \n5  \nUpdate newsletter circulated every two weeks ; subscription is free:  \n[https://agrinfo.eu/subscribe/](https://agrinfo.eu/subscribe/)  \nPackaging and Packaging Waste Regulation 2025/40  \nIs this packaging?  \nprimary / sales packaging  \nin direct contact with the product  \n\n| secondary / grouped\u003Cbr>packaging | bundles multiple packaging units at the point of sale (sold as such or used for stocking) |\n| --- | --- |\n| tertiary / transport\u003Cbr>packaging | protects products for safe shipping and handling, e.g. shipping containers, transit packaging, and boxes, incl. e-commerce packaging |\n| disposable tea, coffee, or other beverage bags | intended to be used and disposed of together with the product (permeable & non-permeable) |\n| service packaging | designed and intended to be filled at the point of sale to dispense the product |\n\nfood contact material  \n(packaging sub-type)  \n• materials in contact with food/drinks  \n• materials used in food processing  \nSource: PPWR, Art 3 . 1, Annex I  \nPackaging waste increase  \nSpecific rules applied in EU Member States","cbCaijqoVnhXdLSa","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijqoVnhXdLSa","pdf",3815766,48,"English","# Brief introduction to AGRINFO\n## Part I: EU packaging rules\n### Scope\n### Replacing previous rules\n### Overview of most relevant new obligations\n## Part II: Practical implications of the new packaging rules\n### On all actors\n### On producers in non-EU countries\n## Questions and answers","[{\"question\":\"What regulation replaces the previous EU packaging rules for agri-food operators?\",\"answer\":\"The briefing explains that Directive 94/62/EC is replaced by the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) 2025/40.\"},{\"question\":\"Who should pay attention to the new packaging obligations under PPWR?\",\"answer\":\"The presentation covers obligations affecting all actors and also producers in non-EU countries supplying the EU market.\"},{\"question\":\"How does AGRINFO support compliance with EU packaging and packaging waste changes?\",\"answer\":\"AGRINFO is an open access portal providing up-to-date information, clear explanations of what rules change, why they change, and the implications, with regular newsletter updates.\"}]","EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Legislation - Unfolding the New Packaging Rules for Agri-Food Operators Supplying the EU Markets - 26 February 2026 | PDF",1789306994]