Where total fluorine exceeds 50 mg/kg, supply on request proof of whether the measured fluorine is PFAS or non-PFAS, so the packaging manufacturer or importer can complete its technical documentation.
Manufacturers, importers and downstream users under REACH supplying materials to packaging makers must comply, and this is law in force.
Why it matters
This is law in force, not a proposal.
- It is Art. 5(5)(c), in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. as of 2026-08-18
- The act gives its timing as: From 12 August 2026 (Art. 5(5)). as of 2026-08-18
- It names one industry by name: Chemicals. as of 2026-08-18
- Compliance is checked by technical documentation (Annex VII), per request. as of 2026-08-18
What changes
Chemicals suppliers upstream of food-contact packaging. This is the supply-chain limb of the PFAS restriction: the duty to prove the content sits one step back from the operator who has to document it.
The rule
a request where total fluorine in the material exceeds 50 mg/kg
Where total fluorine exceeds 50 mg/kg, supply on request proof of whether the measured fluorine is PFAS or non-PFAS, so the packaging manufacturer or importer can complete its technical documentation.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
No size threshold.
Source text
if total fluorine exceeds 50 mg/kg the manufacturer, importer or downstream user as defined respectively in Article 3, points (9), (11) and (13) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 shall, upon request, provide to the manufacturer or the importer as defined respectively in Article 3(1), points (13) and (17), of this Regulation proof of the quantity of fluorine measured as content of either PFAS or non-PFAS in order for them to draw up the technical documentation as referred to in Annex VII to this Regulation.
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