What this screen checks
That a selected topic keeps its own date, including a dependency when the date waits for an implementing act.
Who should use this screen
Compliance owners who need a briefing that does not put every PPWR duty on one day.
Verified dates
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 applies from 2026-08-12. Article 5(5) restricts PFAS in food-contact packaging from 2026-08-12 at 25 ppb for any targeted PFAS, 250 ppb for the sum of targeted PFAS, and 50 ppm including polymeric PFAS. Total fluorine above 50 mg/kg needs proof of PFAS or non-PFAS fluorine. Harmonised sorting marks start no earlier than 2028-08-12, or 24 months after the implementing act, whichever is later: dependent on implementing act. Reusable-packaging labels start no earlier than 2029-02-12, also dependent on implementing act. Recycled-content minimums and reuse percentages use 2030-01-01 or a later act, and are not collapsed into 2026-08-12.
Official sources
Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Commission Notice C/2026/3084, and the Commission packaging-waste pages on EUR-Lex and the Commission site. Unpublished implementing acts are not listed as adopted.
Limitations
Decision support only. This does not store supplier names, laboratory files, formulations, or a free-form legal narrative, and it does not issue a compliance certificate.