--- title: "PPWR vs RoHS: Packaging vs EEE Compliance" canonical_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-rohs" source_url: "https://www.sorena.io/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-rohs" author: "Sorena AI" description: "Compare PPWR packaging duties with a separate RoHS workstream, including scope, owners, evidence, dates, overlap limits, and source-linked PPWR decision points." published_at: "2026-05-09" updated_at: "2026-05-09" keywords: - "PPWR vs RoHS" - "EU packaging regulation" - "Regulation (EU) 2025/40" - "packaging compliance" - "RoHS comparison" - "recyclability" - "recycled content" - "PFAS packaging" - "EPR" - "conformity documentation" - "PPWR" - "EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation" - "packaging waste" - "reuse" --- **[SORENA](https://www.sorena.io/)** - AI-Powered GRC Platform [Home](https://www.sorena.io/) | [Solutions](https://www.sorena.io/solutions) | [Artifacts](https://www.sorena.io/artifacts) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) | [Contact](https://www.sorena.io/contact) | [Portal](https://app.sorena.io) --- # PPWR vs RoHS: Packaging vs EEE Compliance Compare PPWR packaging duties with a separate RoHS workstream, including scope, owners, evidence, dates, overlap limits, and source-linked PPWR decision points. *PPWR* *Side-by-side* *EU* ## PPWR vs RoHS side-by-side comparison A PPWR-grounded comparison for teams separating packaging obligations from RoHS product-compliance work. Use it to decide when packaging scope, recyclability, labelling, EPR, or conformity documentation belongs in PPWR and when RoHS needs its own source review. PPWR and RoHS can meet inside the same hardware launch, supplier package, or compliance roadmap, but they do not regulate the same thing. This page compares the PPWR packaging rules with RoHS rules for electrical and electronic equipment so teams can keep packaging duties, substance restrictions, and evidence records in the right workstream. ## PPWR vs RoHS: packaging obligations and RoHS workstream limits Use these rows to keep EU packaging duties separate from RoHS assumptions, assign owners, and avoid reusing evidence beyond what the sources actually support. - **PPWR**: PPWR controls the packaging analysis: packaging placed on the EU market, packaging waste, recyclability, recycled content, minimisation, labelling, EPR, conformity documentation, and market-surveillance risk. - **RoHS**: RoHS restricts hazardous substances in EEE, applies to equipment in Annex I categories unless excluded, and covers ten restricted substances with technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking obligations. | Dimension | PPWR | RoHS | Operational implication | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Scope and covered activity | PPWR applies to all packaging placed on the EU market and to all packaging waste, regardless of packaging type or material. Start with the packaging unit, packaging category, function, material, and waste stream. | RoHS applies to EEE falling within the categories set out in Annex I, unless an exclusion in Article 2(4) applies. It covers electrical and electronic equipment, including cables and spare parts in the cases set out in the Directive. | Classify the item twice when needed: first as packaging or packaging waste under PPWR, then as RoHS only after a separate RoHS source check supports that conclusion. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS scope and exclusions are defined in the Directive, including Annex I categories and Article 2(4) exclusions. | | Who must act | PPWR assigns duties across packaging economic operators, including manufacturers, importers, distributors, final distributors, producers, producer responsibility organisations, and system operators depending on the obligation. | RoHS places obligations on manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, and distributors. Manufacturers must ensure compliance before placing EEE on the market and prepare the technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity. | Name the PPWR packaging owner separately from the RoHS product-compliance owner, then record who controls packaging design, supplier data, EPR registration, declarations, and market placement. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS defines manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, and distributors and their duties in Articles 7-10. | | Trigger or threshold | PPWR is triggered by packaging being placed or made available on the EU market and by packaging-waste obligations. Specific duties depend on facts such as plastic content, food-contact use, reuse format, packaging category, and whether packaging is single-use or reusable. | RoHS is triggered by placing EEE on the market within scope. The Directive restricts the use of the Annex II substances in EEE and sets later start dates for some categories, including medical devices and monitoring and control instruments. | Use PPWR for packaging facts; open a RoHS workstream only when the underlying electrical or electronic product needs its own hazardous-substance analysis. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS restrictions apply when EEE is placed on the market, subject to Article 2 exclusions and Article 4 substance limits. | | Core obligations | PPWR work can include packaging minimisation, recyclability by 2030, recycled-content targets for plastic packaging, reuse and refill measures, clearer labels, restrictions on some single-use formats, PFAS restrictions for food-contact packaging, EPR, and conformity assessment. | RoHS work can include substance restriction review, exemption handling, technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, CE marking, and internal production control for compliant EEE. | Do not label PPWR packaging controls as RoHS controls. A shared compliance roadmap can contain both, but each obligation needs its own source, owner, and evidence record. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing.
[JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS obligations include technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking in Articles 7, 13, and 15. | | Evidence and records | PPWR evidence should connect the packaging specification to technical documentation, recyclability assessment, recycled-content calculations where relevant, labels, reuse or refill decisions, EPR data, and the EU declaration of conformity where required. | RoHS evidence should include technical documentation, the EU declaration of conformity, and records showing that the EEE meets the substance restrictions and any applicable exemptions. Reuse only neutral inputs, such as supplier identifiers, bills of material, or product records, after confirming the RoHS requirement separately. | Build a crosswalk that marks each record as PPWR-only, RoHS-only, or shared input. Shared input does not mean shared legal conclusion. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity are set out in Articles 7 and 13. | | Timing and cadence | The PPWR text applies from 12 August 2026, with Article 67(5) applying from 12 February 2029. The Commission overview highlights mid-2026 application, PFAS restrictions from August 2026, recyclability by 2030, and recycled-content targets increasing in 2030 and 2040. | RoHS entered into force on 21 July 2011, and the consolidated Directive sets later application dates for some categories, including 22 July 2014, 22 July 2016, 22 July 2017, and 22 July 2019, with many exemptions carrying their own expiry dates. | Keep PPWR and RoHS date fields separate so packaging deadlines are not overwritten by product substance-control timing or vice versa. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS application dates differ by category and exempted applications, and exemption renewals have their own timing rules. | | Enforcement or assurance route | PPWR non-compliance can reach market surveillance: authorities may evaluate packaging that presents environmental or health risk, require corrective measures, and restrict, withdraw, or recall non-compliant packaging. Member States must set effective, proportionate, and dissuasive penalties. | RoHS enforcement runs through national market surveillance authorities. The Directive requires market surveillance for EEE entering the Union market, corrective measures for non-conforming products, and penalties that are effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. | Before launch, claims approval, authority response, or corrective action, check whether the issue is packaging non-compliance under PPWR, product hazardous-substance compliance under RoHS, or both. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS requires market surveillance, corrective measures, and national penalties. | | Overlap and reuse | PPWR can share operational inputs with RoHS, especially supplier records, material descriptions, product identifiers, and release gates. PPWR still controls the packaging-specific conclusions on recyclability, labelling, EPR, minimisation, and conformity documentation. | RoHS can reuse PPWR data only as neutral input. This PPWR grounding does not replace RoHS substance analysis, exemption review, or product conformity evidence. | Reuse supplier and material data where the fact is identical, but keep legal conclusions, public wording, deadlines, declarations, and retained evidence mapped to the framework that actually requires them. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS substance restrictions, exemptions, and conformity evidence are separate from packaging evidence. | | Practical decision rule | Use PPWR when the decision is about packaging or packaging waste: whether packaging may be placed on the EU market, how it is designed, labelled, reused, recycled, documented, reported, or handled through EPR. | Use RoHS when the decision is about the electrical or electronic product and whether its materials, components, or spare parts comply with the RoHS substance restrictions, exemptions, technical documentation, and CE-marking rules. | If both frameworks may apply, publish a short crosswalk: PPWR statement, RoHS statement, source URL, accountable owner, evidence record, next review date, and any blocked RoHS assumptions. | [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates.
[European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing.
[Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS decision-making turns on scope, substance restrictions, exemptions, documentation, and CE marking. | Sources for Scope and covered activity - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" Sources for Scope and covered activity - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS scope, exclusions, restricted substances, and compliance duties come from the Directive itself. - Quote: "apply to EEE falling within the categories set out in Annex I" Sources for Scope and covered activity - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS scope and exclusions are defined in the Directive, including Annex I categories and Article 2(4) exclusions. - Quote: "This Directive shall, subject to paragraph 2, apply to EEE falling within the categories set out in Annex I" Sources for Who must act - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" Sources for Who must act - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS defines manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, distributors, and economic operators in Articles 3 and 7-10. - Quote: "manufacturers draw up the required technical documentation" Sources for Who must act - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS defines manufacturers, authorised representatives, importers, and distributors and their duties in Articles 7-10. - Quote: "economic operators" Sources for Trigger or threshold - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" Sources for Trigger or threshold - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS applies to EEE categories in Annex I and restricts substances in Article 4 and Annex II. - Quote: "does not contain the substances listed in Annex II" Sources for Trigger or threshold - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS restrictions apply when EEE is placed on the market, subject to Article 2 exclusions and Article 4 substance limits. - Quote: "when placing EEE on the market" Sources for Core obligations - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" - [JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal. - Quote: "methodology to assess recyclability of packaging" Sources for Core obligations - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS bans or limits ten substances and requires technical documentation and an EU declaration of conformity. - Quote: "It currently restricts the use of ten substances" Sources for Core obligations - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS obligations include technical documentation, EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking in Articles 7, 13, and 15. - Quote: "draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking" Sources for Evidence and records - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal. - Quote: "methodology to assess recyclability of packaging" Sources for Evidence and records - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS requires technical documentation, an EU declaration of conformity, and CE marking for compliant EEE. - Quote: "manufacturers draw up the required technical documentation" Sources for Evidence and records - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS technical documentation and EU declaration of conformity are set out in Articles 7 and 13. - Quote: "EU declaration of conformity" Sources for Timing and cadence - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" Sources for Timing and cadence - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS entered into force on 21 July 2011 and sets different application dates by category in Article 4(3) and Annex II. - Quote: "This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication" Sources for Timing and cadence - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS application dates differ by category and exempted applications, and exemption renewals have their own timing rules. - Quote: "The existing exemption shall remain valid until a decision on the renewal application is taken by the Commission" Sources for Enforcement or assurance route - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" Sources for Enforcement or assurance route - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS market surveillance, corrective measures, and penalties are addressed in Articles 18, 7, 9, 10, and 23. - Quote: "Member States shall carry out market surveillance" Sources for Enforcement or assurance route - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS requires market surveillance, corrective measures, and national penalties. - Quote: "effective, proportionate and dissuasive" Sources for Overlap and reuse - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal. - Quote: "methodology to assess recyclability of packaging" Sources for Overlap and reuse - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS substance restrictions, exemptions, and conformity evidence must be assessed separately from PPWR packaging evidence. - Quote: "does not contain the substances listed in Annex II" Sources for Overlap and reuse - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS substance restrictions, exemptions, and conformity evidence are separate from packaging evidence. - Quote: "Annex II" Sources for Practical decision rule - PPWR: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" Sources for Practical decision rule - RoHS: - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS decision-making turns on EEE scope, Annex II substances, exemptions, documentation, and CE marking. - Quote: "the requirements set out in Article 4" Sources for Practical decision rule - operational implication: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS decision-making turns on scope, substance restrictions, exemptions, documentation, and CE marking. - Quote: "draw up an EU declaration of conformity and affix the CE marking" ### How should teams decide between PPWR and RoHS? - Use PPWR when the decision is about packaging or packaging waste placed on the EU market. - Open a separate RoHS review when the decision is about the electrical or electronic product, substances, exemptions, or product conformity. - Reuse supplier or material data only when the same fact is being reused; do not reuse the legal conclusion without a source for that framework. Sources for the practical decision rule: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS applies to EEE categories in Annex I, restricts ten substances, and requires documentation and CE marking. - Quote: "It currently restricts the use of ten substances" ## When should teams use this PPWR vs RoHS comparison? Use it when packaging and product-compliance work meet in the same launch, supplier review, bill of material, or market-access gate. A device shipment, spare part, accessory, or e-commerce package can create PPWR packaging questions even when the product team is also running a RoHS workstream. This artifact compares both frameworks so the team can separate packaging duties from RoHS hazardous-substance duties and keep the source trail clear for each statement. - Use it before assigning packaging design, labelling, EPR, recyclability, recycled-content, or conformity-documentation work. - Use it when a supplier evidence pack could be reused but the legal conclusion still belongs to only one framework. - Do not use it as the source for RoHS substance thresholds, exemptions, product categories, declarations, or enforcement timing. Sources for this answer: - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - [JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal. - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS applies to EEE categories in Annex I and includes substance restrictions, exemptions, documentation, and CE marking. *Recommended next step* *Placement: after evidence section* ## Turn PPWR and RoHS overlap into an evidence crosswalk Use this comparison to separate PPWR packaging duties from RoHS assumptions, assign owners, and document which source supports each public statement. - [Open Research Copilot](/solutions/research-copilot.md): Answer PPWR implementation questions with cited source material. - [Discuss PPWR implementation](/contact.md): Review PPWR scope, RoHS handoffs, source evidence, and next implementation steps with Sorena. ## Primary sources - [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj?ref=sorena.io) - Official PPWR text used for packaging scope, economic-operator duties, conformity documentation, market surveillance, penalties, and application dates. - Quote: "rules covering the entire life-cycle of packaging" - [European Commission: Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/packaging-waste/packaging-packaging-waste-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Commission overview used for the practical policy summary, including mid-2026 application, recyclability by 2030, 2030 and 2040 recycled-content targets, and PFAS timing. - Quote: "All Packaging must be recyclable by 2030" - [JRC technical recommendations on packaging recyclability methodology](https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2760/538070?ref=sorena.io) - JRC report used for design-for-recycling and recyclability-assessment methodology context under the PPWR proposal. - Quote: "methodology to assess recyclability of packaging" - [Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1994/62/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Predecessor packaging-waste directive used only for continuity where the PPWR replaces Directive 94/62/EC. - Quote: "Packaging and packaging waste" - [Directive 2011/65/EU (RoHS 2, consolidated 2025)](https://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2011/65/oj?ref=sorena.io) - RoHS applies to EEE categories in Annex I, restricts ten substances, and requires documentation and CE marking. - Quote: "It currently restricts the use of ten substances" ## Related Topic Guides - [EU PPWR Conformity Documentation Guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/conformity-documentation.md): Build PPWR technical documentation and EU declarations of conformity for packaging, with evidence fields, owner checks, retention rules, and official EU sources. - [EU PPWR penalties and fines: Article 68 enforcement guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/penalties-and-fines.md): Source-grounded guide to PPWR penalties and fines: Article 68 Member State rules, administrative fines for Articles 24 to 29, market-surveillance action, formal non-compliance, and enforcement evidence. - [PPWR applicability test: packaging scope, roles, and evidence](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/applicability-test.md): Determine whether the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation applies to a packaging item, market activity, operator role, and evidence workflow. - [PPWR Article 12 labelling, QR codes, and digital carriers](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/labelling-qr-and-digital-carriers.md): source-linked guide to PPWR Article 12 packaging labels, reusable packaging QR codes, digital carriers, online-sale information, and evidence records. - [PPWR Article 33 refill targets and take-away container reuse obligations](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/reuse-refill-targets.md): source-linked guide to PPWR reuse and refill targets for transport, grouped, beverage, and take-away packaging under Articles 29 to 33. - [PPWR Article 5 PFAS and Restricted Substances Guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/pfas-and-restricted-substances.md): Grounded guide to PPWR Article 5 substance controls: substances of concern, the 100 mg/kg heavy-metal cap, PFAS limits for food-contact packaging, and technical-documentation evidence. - [PPWR Article 5 PFAS Evidence Workflow for Food-Contact Packaging](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/pfas-evidence-workflow.md): Build a PPWR Article 5 evidence workflow for food-contact packaging PFAS checks, limit-value evidence, supplier proof, and Annex VII technical documentation. - [PPWR compliance checklist for packaging teams](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/checklist.md): source-linked PPWR checklist for packaging scope, recyclability, recycled content, PFAS, minimisation, labelling, conformity files, and EPR registration under Regulation (EU) 2025/40. - [PPWR compliance guide: packaging conformity, EPR and evidence](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/compliance.md): Build a PPWR compliance workflow for packaging placed on the EU market, covering Articles 5-12 controls, conformity assessment, technical files, declarations, labelling, EPR and evidence. - [PPWR compostable packaging rules: what must be compostable?](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/compostable-packaging.md): A PPWR FAQ on compostable packaging: mandatory compostable formats, Member State options, recycling default rules, labels, and evidence to retain. - [PPWR deadlines and compliance calendar](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): Calendar-style PPWR deadline guide for application, PFAS, labelling, recyclability, recycled content, reuse, refill, deposit return, reporting, and transition dates. - [PPWR delegated and implementing act tracker](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/delegated-act-tracking.md): Track PPWR delegated and implementing acts for recyclability, recycled content, reuse, labelling, EPR, reporting, and evidence owners. - [PPWR e-commerce packaging rules: empty space, labels, and reuse](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/e-commerce-packaging.md): source-linked FAQ for online sellers and fulfilment teams applying PPWR rules to e-commerce packaging, including empty-space, labelling, reuse, and evidence records. - [PPWR Economic Operator Roles: manufacturers, importers, distributors and producers](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/economic-operator-roles.md): Map PPWR roles for packaging teams: manufacturer conformity files, importer and distributor checks, supplier data, fulfilment handling, traceability, and EPR producer registration. - [PPWR EPR and Producer Responsibility Guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/epr-and-producer-responsibility.md): Map PPWR EPR duties for producers, authorised representatives, producer responsibility organisations, online platforms, registrations, reporting and evidence under Regulation (EU) 2025/40. - [PPWR FAQ: Scope, Recyclability, Reuse, Labelling, and EPR](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq.md): FAQ index for Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste, covering PPWR scope, recyclability, recycled content, minimisation, reuse, labelling, EPR, and evidence. - [PPWR grouped and transport packaging empty-space FAQ](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/grouped-and-transport-packaging.md): Answer whether grouped, transport, and e-commerce packaging need PPWR empty-space controls, what the 50% ratio covers, and what evidence to keep. - [PPWR labelling and consumer information requirements](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/labeling-and-consumer-info.md): Article 12 and Article 55 PPWR guidance for packaging labels, QR codes, online sales information, waste receptacle labels, and consumer information records. - [PPWR labelling checklist for Articles 12 and 13](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-labeling-checklist.md): Checklist for PPWR Article 12 packaging labels and Article 13 waste-receptacle labels, including material composition, reuse, DRS, digital carriers, online sales, and transition stock. - [PPWR labelling dates: when do packaging labels apply?](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/labelling-dates.md): A PPWR FAQ on Article 12 and Article 13 labelling dates for packaging, reusable packaging, recycled-content labels, QR codes, waste receptacles, and implementation acts. - [PPWR labelling rollout workflow for Article 12 and 13](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/labelling-rollout-workflow.md): source-linked workflow for rolling out PPWR Article 12 packaging labels, QR codes, reusable packaging labels, recycled-content labels, and Article 13 waste-receptacle labels. - [PPWR micro-enterprise and small business FAQ](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/micro-and-small-business-edge-cases.md): source-linked FAQ on PPWR micro-enterprise and small business edge cases, including manufacturer responsibility, reuse exemptions, packaging restrictions, refill, and evidence records. - [PPWR packaging classification guide: sales, grouped, transport and e-commerce packaging](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/packaging-classification.md): Classify PPWR packaging by function, material category, format, reuse status and operator role before assessing recyclability, restrictions, EPR and documentation. - [PPWR Packaging Minimisation Guide: Article 10 Evidence](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/minimization.md): source-linked PPWR packaging minimisation guide covering Article 10, Annex IV evidence, perceived-volume bans, empty-space rules, and technical documentation. - [PPWR packaging scope workflow: classify packaging, roles, and evidence](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/packaging-scope-workflow.md): A PPWR packaging scope workflow for classifying packaging, assigning economic-operator roles, routing EPR questions, and keeping technical evidence. - [PPWR PFAS Rules for Food-Contact Packaging](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/pfas-and-food-contact-packaging.md): source-linked guide to PPWR Article 5 PFAS limits for food-contact packaging, including the 12 August 2026 date, thresholds, and evidence records. - [PPWR PFAS Thresholds for Food-Contact Packaging](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/pfas-thresholds.md): Direct FAQ on the PPWR Article 5 PFAS limits for food-contact packaging, including the 25 ppb, 250 ppb, and 50 ppm thresholds. - [PPWR Recyclability and Design-for-Recycling Requirements](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/recyclability-and-design-requirements.md): Article 6 PPWR guide to packaging recyclability grades, Annex II packaging categories, design-for-recycling parameters, recycled-at-scale assessment, and evidence files. - [PPWR Recyclability Assessment Template](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-recyclability-assessment-template.md): Use this PPWR recyclability assessment template to record packaging category, DfR parameters, performance grade evidence, recycled-at-scale evidence, and approval owners. - [PPWR Recyclability Assessment Workflow | Article 6 and Annex II](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/recyclability-assessment-workflow.md): Assess PPWR recyclability by packaging unit: map the Annex II category, screen design-for-recycling parameters, grade the result, and retain Annex VII evidence. - [PPWR recyclability grades A, B and C explained](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/recyclability-grades.md): Understand PPWR recyclability grades under Article 6 and Annex II, including design-for-recycling thresholds, 2030, 2035 and 2038 timing, and evidence records. - [PPWR recycled content calculations: Article 7 FAQ](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/recycled-content-calculations.md): A PPWR FAQ on recycled content calculations for plastic packaging: Article 7 scope, manufacturing-plant averages, Commission methodology timing, exceptions, and evidence. - [PPWR Recycled Content Targets for Plastic Packaging](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/recycled-content-targets.md): Article 7 PPWR targets for recycled content in plastic packaging, including 2030 and 2040 percentages, calculation basis, exclusions, and evidence records. - [PPWR requirements overview for EU packaging teams](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/requirements.md): A grounded overview of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 requirements for packaging scope, recyclability, recycled content, minimisation, labelling, reuse, EPR, and conformity evidence. - [PPWR reusable packaging and re-use systems FAQ](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/reusable-systems.md): Answer when packaging can be treated as reusable under PPWR, what re-use systems must include, and what evidence teams should keep. - [PPWR reuse and refill targets: Article 29 and take-away duties](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/reuse-and-refill-targets.md): source-linked guide to PPWR reuse targets for transport, grouped, beverage, and take-away packaging, including Article 29, 32, 33, reporting, and exemptions. - [PPWR reuse target applicability workflow: Article 29 and 33](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/reuse-target-applicability-workflow.md): source-linked workflow to decide whether PPWR Article 29 reuse targets, Article 32 refill duties, and Article 33 take-away reusable offers apply. - [PPWR scope and packaging definitions: Article 2 and Article 3 guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/scope-and-packaging-definitions.md): Use PPWR Article 2 and Article 3 to decide whether an item is packaging, classify sales, grouped, transport, e-commerce and service packaging, and record source-linked evidence. - [PPWR service packaging FAQ: point-of-sale and takeaway rules](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/faq/service-packaging.md): Service packaging under the EU PPWR means items designed to be filled at the point of sale. See scope, takeaway, HORECA refill and reuse, and evidence checks. - [PPWR vs ESPR: Packaging Rules vs Product Ecodesign](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-espr.md): Compare PPWR and ESPR without mixing duties: PPWR controls packaging and packaging waste, while ESPR is a separate sustainable-product ecodesign framework that PPWR complements. - [PPWR vs REACH: Packaging Waste vs Chemicals Rules](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-reach.md): Compare PPWR packaging duties with the narrow REACH boundary confirmed in PPWR sources: substances in packaging, PFAS, recyclability, labelling, EPR, evidence, and dates. - [PPWR vs Single-Use Plastics Directive: Packaging Scope and Overlap](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-sup-directive.md): Compare PPWR and the Single-Use Plastics Directive without merging duties: all-packaging PPWR rules, listed single-use plastic product rules, overlap, evidence, and 2030 changes. - [PPWR vs Waste Framework Directive: Packaging Duties and WFD Links](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/ppwr-vs-waste-framework-directive.md): Compare PPWR with the Waste Framework Directive where the PPWR text expressly relies on WFD concepts: waste hierarchy, definitions, EPR, collection, traceability, and waste plans. - [Timeline and Deadlines for PPWR: practical implementation guide](/artifacts/eu/packaging-waste-regulation/timeline-and-deadlines.md): Practical PPWR guidance for Timeline and Deadlines, with source-linked decisions, owners, evidence records, and implementation steps. --- [Privacy Policy](https://www.sorena.io/privacy) | [Terms of Use](https://www.sorena.io/terms-of-use) | [DMCA](https://www.sorena.io/dmca) | [About Us](https://www.sorena.io/about-us) (c) 2026 Sorena AB (559573-7338). 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