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Requirement · OPS-08

Report the Annex XII Table 3 packaging-waste information to the competent authority annually through the Art. 35(1) electronic registry, and give producers or their producer responsibility organisation everything they need for their own Art. 44(10) reporting.

Packaging waste management operators must comply, and this is law in force.

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

  • It is Art. 23, in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
  • The act gives its timing as: From 12 August 2026 (Art. 71). as of 2026-08-18
  • It names one industry by name: Waste. as of 2026-08-18
  • Compliance is checked by competent authority, annual. as of 2026-08-18
Addressee Packaging waste management operatorsAct Regulation (EU) 2025/40, base actArticle Art. 23Class Businesses

What changes

Waste management operators across the Union. Their reporting is what the Member State's Art. 56 return to the Commission is built from, so the data duty is load-bearing for the whole targets regime.

The rule

New — no predecessor
Trigger

each calendar year of packaging waste managed

Obligation

Report the Annex XII Table 3 packaging-waste information to the competent authority annually through the Art. 35(1) electronic registry, and give producers or their producer responsibility organisation everything they need for their own Art. 44(10) reporting.

Who is affected

Addressee
Packaging waste management operators
Class
Businesses
Sectors
Names Waste and landfill · Reaches Glass and ceramics, Aluminium and metals, Steel, Paper and board, Wood and wood products, Plastics converting
Applies
From 12 August 2026 (Art. 71)

Burden drivers

D1 · D4 · D5 — 3 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

No size threshold.

Source text

Verbatim

Packaging waste management operators shall, on an annual basis, provide the competent authorities with the information on packaging waste listed in Table 3 of Annex XII

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