PPWR — Article 17

The article's text

Article 17
Authorised representatives
1. A manufacturer may, by a written mandate, appoint an authorised representative. 2. An authorised representative shall perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the manufacturer.
2. An authorised representative shall perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the manufacturer. The mandate shall allow the authorised representative to do at least the following:
(a)
keep the EU declaration of conformity and the technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities as follows:
(i)
as regards single-use packaging: for 5 years from the date the packaging was placed on the market; and
(ii)
as regards reusable packaging: for 10 years from the date the packaging was placed on the market;
(b)
cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any measures taken with regard to cases of non-compliance of the packaging covered by the authorised representative’s mandate;
(c)
upon a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide that authority with all the information and technical documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of packaging in one or mofull textre languages which can be easily understood by that authority;
(d)
upon a request from a competent national authority, make available relevant documents within 10 days of the receipt of such a request;
(e)
terminate the mandate if the manufacturer acts contrary to its obligations under this Regulation.
such a request;
(e)
terminate the mandate if the manufacturer acts contrary to its obligations under this Regulation. The obligations laid down in Article 15(1) and the obligation to draw up the technical documentation referred to in Annex VII and required under or pursuant to Articles 5 to 11 shall not form part of the authorised representative’s mandate.

Who tried to change it in committee

Committee-stage amendments targeting exactly this article, by political group. Justifications verbatim, in the authors' own words.

Group	Amendments
ID	24
PPE	9
ECR	5
—	5
S&D	2
Renew	2

Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 15 amendments targeting this article.

Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Martin Hojsík — Article 17 – paragraph 2 – point c
For coherence with the AM in Article 13(5).

Hildegard Bentele, Norbert Lins, Peter Liese, Christine Schneider — Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new)
For micro, small and medium-sized enterprises under Commission Recommendation 2003/361, this obligation would be a bureaucratic burden which can’t be handled. The regulation should therefore provide for an exemption.

Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Martin Hojsík — Article 17 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1
Distributors usually do not have access to product or packaging documentation. Therefore, this should be the responsibility of the manufacturer.

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

Filers who named this exact article number in their own text. It is their sentence, not our reading — and not a causal claim.

business association

company

NGO

EU citizen

Who	Country	What they wrote
IKG crewshop24.com	DE	iance, while the manufacturer remains the economic operator legally responsible for placing compliant packaging on the market. As Article 17(2) also makes clear however, an authorised representative appointed by a manufacturer may be made responsible for certa ↗
Schulthess Maschinen AG	CH	of a single EU authorised representative across all Member States Where a producer designates one authorised representative under Art. 17 PPWR, that designation should be sufficient to satisfy registration duties in every Member State where the representative ↗
E.I. AURORE SARRAZIN	FR	025/40, 22.1.2025), version française : article 3 §1 pt 13, 15, 20, 23 (p. 32- 33) · article 4 (p. 37) · article 15 §12 (p. 52) · article 17 (p. 52-53) · article 21 (p. 55) · article 29 §13 (p. 61) · article 44 §1, §2, §8, §14 (p. 69-70) · article 45 §1, §2, § ↗
—	FR	le 45 makes a local EPR representative mandatory there specifically, distinct from the general EU conformity representative under Article 17, which at least covers the whole Union with one mandate. A maker shipping a handful of parcels a year to five countries ↗
UMVIN	FR	V and VII Article 17 paragraph 3 & 4 – Obligations of distributors Text proposed by the Commission UMVIN position […] 3. Where a distributor, before making packaging available on the market, considers or has reason to believe that the packaging is not in confo ↗
Reloop	BE	downcycling of materials and ensure that high quality materials can continuously be used for the same applications. Article 17 Obligations of distributors Commission proposal Our suggestion 4. Distributors who consider or have reason to believe that packaging, ↗
AIM, European Brands Association	BE	e that the assessment takes into account the capabilities of the machine manufacturing the product. OBLIGATIONS OF DISTRIBUTORS – ARTICLE 17 - Ensure that the obligations of distributors do not result in an effective oversight role in respect of the packaged g ↗
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich	AT	da die Lieferung direkt vom Hersteller oder Großhändler (oft auch aus Drittländern) an den Endverbraucher erfolgt. Zu Art 17 - Pflichten der Vertreiber Ist ein Vertreiber der Auffassung oder hat Grund zur Annahme, dass die Verpackung nicht den Anforderungen de ↗
Independent Retail Europe	BE	their possession, provided by the manufacturer, when assessing the packaging of a product.  The obligation to act with due care (Article 17.1) should be deleted. 13 Original version: English – Brussels, April 2023 Established in 1963, Independent Retail Europ ↗
The Polish Union Of the Cosmetics Industry	PL	to add an additional lot number to the package. Obowiązki dystrybutorów (Article 17) COM TEXT PROPOSED AMENDMENT Art. 17 (2) Before making packaging available on the market, distributors shall verify the following: (a) the producer, that is subject to the obli ↗
Bundesverband E-Commerce und Versandhandel Deutschland e.V.	DE	der Verpackung eine Gesundheitsgefährdung für Verbraucher ausgeht. Eine entsprechende Änderung sollte auch in Art. 16 Abs. 6 und Art. 17 Abs. 4 vorgenommen werden. 10. Art. 65 - Übergangsfrist Vor dem Hintergrund, dass Onlinehändler ihr Sortiment überprüfen m ↗
EUROMCONTACT	BE	or mass-produced devices. *** 3 As an example : French Decrêt implementing the Circular Economy Law 2020-15 of 10 February 2020 - Art 17 introducing a compulsory labelling requirement (Triman Logo) on packaging of products subject to the principle of Extended ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 12 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

Ask about this article →