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COMMISSION NOTICE Guidance document for Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste · European Union

According to Article 25(1) ‘From 1 January 2030, economic operators shall not place on the market packaging in the formats and for the uses listed in Annex V.’ Annex V, points 1–4, restricts the use of single use plastic packaging for different packaging applications.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.