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Pursuant to Article 15(1), ‘manufacturers shall only place on the market packaging which is in conformity with the requirements laid down in or pursuant to Articles 5 to 12.’ The conformity assessment procedure (Article 38) can be carried out by the manufacturer or by someone else on their behalf (e.g. a laboratory or a certification scheme), in accordance with Article 15(2). The EU declaration of conformity (Article 39) must be drafted by the manufacturer, based on the information and documentation provided by suppliers pursuant to Article 16(1), or by an authorised representative, appointed by the manufacturer by a written mandate pursuant to Article 17. This means that the manufacturer is the sole economic operator bearing legal responsibility for the packaging’s compliance with the sustainability and labelling requirements, regardless of who might have actually drafted the EU declaration of conformity or parts of it.

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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.