Calculate packaging waste generated and packaging waste recycled each calendar year on the Art. 53 rules, exhaustively, adjusted for comparability, reliability and completeness under the Art. 56(7) implementing act.

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

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

It is Art. 53, 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 reporting to the Commission under Art. 56, annual. as of 2026-08-18

Addressee Member StatesAct Regulation (EU) 2025/40, base actArticle Art. 53Class Governments

What changes

All 27 Member States. The calculation point rules decide whether a target is met, so this is where the recycling targets are really enforced.

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

each calendar year of packaging waste

Obligation

Calculate packaging waste generated and packaging waste recycled each calendar year on the Art. 53 rules, exhaustively, adjusted for comparability, reliability and completeness under the Art. 56(7) implementing act.

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

From 12 August 2026 (Art. 71)

Burden drivers

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

Binds a Member State, not a company by size.

Source text

Verbatim

Member States shall calculate the weight of packaging waste generated in a given calendar year.

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