Recital 25 PPWR — REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF…

Recital 25

PPWR

REGULATION (EU) 2025/40 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

(25) In addition to the restrictions applicable to food-contact materials and articles set out in Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, and in Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004, it is appropriate, for reasons of consistency, to maintain existing restrictions for lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium present in packaging or packaging components.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-08-26 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.