Report the Annex IX Part B information to the register by 1 June each year for the preceding calendar year, with a lighter Part B point 2 return for producers under 10 tonnes; submit quarterly instead where the Member State requires it for budgetary reasons, and notify changes and cessation without undue delay.

Producers, their authorised representatives, or their producer responsibility organisation must comply, and this is law in force.

Why it matters

This is law in force, not a proposal.

It is Art. 44(7) to (9) and (12), in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
The act gives its timing as: Following registration under Art. 44(1). as of 2026-08-18
It names 7 industries by name: Plastics converting, Paper and board, Glass, Aluminium, Wood, Food and drink and Retail. as of 2026-08-18
Compliance is checked by competent authority; Member States may require independent audit and certification, annual by 1 June, quarterly where required. as of 2026-08-18

Addressee Producers, their authorised representatives, or their producer responsibility organisationAct Regulation (EU) 2025/40, base actArticle Art. 44(7) to (9) and (12)Class Businesses

What changes

Every registered producer. Member States may require the figures to be audited and certified by independent auditors, which turns an annual return into an assurance engagement.

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

the close of a calendar year in which packaging was made available

Obligation

Report the Annex IX Part B information to the register by 1 June each year for the preceding calendar year, with a lighter Part B point 2 return for producers under 10 tonnes; submit quarterly instead where the Member State requires it for budgetary reasons, and notify changes and cessation without undue delay.

Who is affected

Addressee

Producers, their authorised representatives, or their producer responsibility organisation

Class

Businesses

Sectors

Names Plastics converting, Paper and board, Glass and ceramics, Aluminium and metals, Wood and wood products, Food, drink and tobacco, Retail and distribution · Reaches Waste and landfill

Applies

Following registration under Art. 44(1)

Burden drivers

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

Art. 44(8) gives a producer that made available under 10 tonnes in a calendar year a lighter Annex IX Part B point 2 return instead of the full point 1 return. A Member State may set a LOWER threshold where it would otherwise lack data. An eligibility carve-out on the reporting duty, not a separate benefit.

Source text

Verbatim

shall submit the information set out in Part B, point 1, of Annex IX to the competent authority responsible for the register, by 1 June for each full preceding calendar year.

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