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12 August 2026 is the date Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) becomes enforceable across all 27 EU member states. No grace period, no national transposition. The same obligations apply everywhere on the same day.
Most of the attention around PPWR has gone to recyclability targets and reuse mandates. The substance requirements under Article 5 have received less coverage, which is where most of the immediate compliance work lies. PFAS restrictions on food-contact packaging, heavy metal limits, a mandatory Declaration of Conformity backed by documented test data: all of these apply from 12 August.
This session looks at those provisions through a chemicals compliance lens. Luca Erik Livraghi has spent many years working on EU chemicals regulation, including REACH, CLP, and PFAS strategy at AGC Chemicals Europe and now as Managing Director of LIRK NOR B.V., an EU chemicals regulatory consultancy based in Utrecht.
What the session covers:
- The PFAS thresholds under Article 5 PPWR and how they differ from what REACH and the Food Contact Materials framework already require
- What the Declaration of Conformity under Annex VIII actually requires and what test data needs to sit behind it
- The most common documentation gaps, with concrete actions to address them before the deadline
- How existing REACH compliance work connects to PPWR substance obligations
- A brief look at the 2028 to 2038 timeline and what to build for now
Suitable for regulatory affairs, product compliance, legal and communications teams at EU manufacturers, importers and only representatives.
The webinar will be recorded and a streaming link will be available upon request.