Apply the Commission's minimum mandatory green public procurement requirements when awarding contracts where packaging or packaged products represent more than 30% of the estimated contract value or of the value of products used by the contracted services.
Contracting authorities and contracting entities under Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 63, in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: Implementing acts by 12 February 2030, applying to procedures started 12 months later (Art. 63(1) and (2)). as of 2026-08-18
- It names one industry by name: Waste. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by procurement procedure, per procurement. as of 2026-08-18
What changes
Public buyers across the Union, and through them their packaging suppliers, for whom the requirements become a condition of bidding. Contracting authorities may derogate in duly justified cases on public security or public health grounds, or for unresolvable technical difficulties.
The rule
a public contract where packaging exceeds 30% of the estimated value
Apply the Commission's minimum mandatory green public procurement requirements when awarding contracts where packaging or packaged products represent more than 30% of the estimated contract value or of the value of products used by the contracted services.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Binds a contracting authority, not a company by size.
Source text
the Commission shall, by 12 February 2030, adopt implementing acts specifying minimum mandatory requirements for public contracts
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