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Requirement · RCY-03Calculate and verify recycled-content percentages by the Commission's methodology, and where the methodology requires it submit to independent third-party audit.
Manufacturers of recycled content and of plastic packaging placed on the market must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 7(11), with Art. 7(8), in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: From 1 January 2029 or 24 months after the Art. 7(8) implementing act, whichever is later (Art. 7(11)). as of 2026-08-18
- It names one industry by name: Plastics converting. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by independent third-party audit where the implementing act requires it, annual. as of 2026-08-18
What changes
Plastic packaging converters and the recyclers supplying them. This is the verification limb of RCY-01 and binds a year earlier than the content requirement itself.
The rule
New — no predecessor
Trigger
claiming a recycled-content percentage
Obligation
Calculate and verify recycled-content percentages by the Commission's methodology, and where the methodology requires it submit to independent third-party audit.
Who is affected
Addressee
Manufacturers of recycled content and of plastic packaging placed on the market
Class
Businesses
Sectors
Names Plastics converting · Reaches Waste and landfill, Chemicals and refining
Applies
From 1 January 2029 or 24 months after the Art. 7(8) implementing act, whichever is later (Art. 7(11))
Burden drivers
D1 · D2 · D4 · D5 — 4 of 7 marks fire on this provision.
No size threshold.
Source text
Verbatim
the calculation and verification of the percentage of recycled content contained in packaging under paragraph 1 shall comply with the rules laid down in the implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 8.
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