On 12 August 2026, Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) became fully applicable across the 27 member states. It is not a roadmap, it is binding, directly applicable law that replaced the old Packaging Directive. The next date on the calendar is the one that changes the stakes: from 12 February 2027, every member state must have its penalty regime in force, and the risk stops being reputational and becomes financial and operational.
This 2027 edition maps what is already enforceable today, what your existing EPR scheme already covers in Spain, and the genuinely new obligations that are decided by the packaging data you gather before the end of 2026.
What you’ll find in this guide
- What has been live since August 2026: PFAS in food contact, recyclability under Art. 6.1, marketplace EPR checks and refill in HORECA
- Why 2027 is the year penalties arrive, and the four ways the risk hits your P&L
- What your Spanish EPR already covers (Ley 7/2022, RD 1055/2022) and the real delta
- Recyclability grades A to C, minimum recycled content and digital labelling (QR), each with its deadline
- How to tell the manufacturer role apart from the producer role, and who answers in an audit
- The master timeline from 2025 to 2040, and the 6 steps to have done before year end
Download the full guide
If you already report to a national EPR scheme, the paperwork side is mostly handled. What is genuinely new lives in packaging design and in the technical data of every format you place on the market. When an audit lands, or a marketplace asks for your valid registration before it lets you sell, the difference between answering in hours or in weeks is whether your packaging data is connected to its real source.
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