Establish harmonised packaging and packaging waste databases carrying the Annex XII data and information on flows, made publicly accessible in a machine-readable, interoperable and re-usable format.

Member States must comply, and this is law in force.

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

It is Art. 57, in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
The act gives its timing as: 12 months after the Art. 56(7) implementing acts (Art. 57(1)). as of 2026-08-18
It names one industry by name: Waste. as of 2026-08-18
Compliance is checked by none, continuous. as of 2026-08-18

Addressee Member StatesAct Regulation (EU) 2025/40, base actArticle Art. 57Class Governments

What changes

All 27 Member States. The public-accessibility requirement is what makes the packaging data auditable from outside the Member State reporting it.

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

the reporting obligations in Art. 56

Obligation

Establish harmonised packaging and packaging waste databases carrying the Annex XII data and information on flows, made publicly accessible in a machine-readable, interoperable and re-usable format.

Who is affected

Addressee

Member States

Class

Governments

Sectors

Names Waste and landfill · Reaches Glass and ceramics, Aluminium and metals, Steel, Paper and board, Wood and wood products, Plastics converting

Applies

12 months after the Art. 56(7) implementing acts (Art. 57(1))

Burden drivers

D1 · D4 — 2 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Binds a Member State, not a company by size.

Source text

Verbatim

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that databases on packaging and packaging waste are established, where not already in place, on a harmonised basis

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