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| Manufacturer | Producer Definition | Manufacturers of packaging or a packaged product. According to the above, it is not the person who manufactures the packaging but the person who ‘orders and decides on the design specifications for packaging’ Exemption for brand owners when they are micro-enterprises, and the person that supplies the packaging is located in the same Member State. | Any manufacturer, importer or distributor who makes packaging or packaged products available for the first time in the Member State where it is present or directly to end users in another Member State. Quantity | One economic operator EU-wide. | The economic operator who makes packaging available for the first time on the territory of the Member State were the packaging is expected to become waste. Function | Ensures conformity of the packaging with sustainability and labelling requirements. | Finances waste management in the Member State where packaging is expected to become waste.

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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.