PPWR — Article 9

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Article 9
Compostable packaging
1. By way of derogation from Article 6(1), by 12 February 2028, where packaging referred to in Article 3(1), point (1)(f), and sticky labels affixed to fruit and vegetables are placed on the market, that packaging and sticky labels shall be compatible with the standard for composting in industrially controlled conditions in bio-waste treatment facilities and shall be compatible, where required by the Member States, with the home-composting standards referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article.
where required by the Member States, with the home-composting standards referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article.
2. By way of derogation from Article 6(1), where Member States allow waste with similar biodegradability and compostability properties as bio-waste pursuant to Article 22(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC to be collected together with bio-waste, and appropriate waste collection schemes and waste treatment infrastructure are available to ensure that compostable packaging enters the bio-waste management stream, Member States may require that the following packaging shall be made available on their territory for the first time only if the packaging is composfull texttable:
(a)
packaging referred to in Article 3(1), point (1)(g), composed of material other than metal, very lightweight plastic carrier bags and lightweight plastic carrier bags;
(b)
packaging other than that referred to in point (a) of this paragraph for which the Member State already required that they be compostable before the date of application of this Regulation.
for which the Member State already required that they be compostable before the date of application of this Regulation.
3. By 12 February 2028, packaging other than that referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, including packaging made of biodegradable plastic polymers and other biodegradable materials, shall be designed for material recycling in accordance with Article 6 without affecting the recyclability of other waste streams.
4. Compliance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, of this Article shall be demonstrated in the technical information concerning the packaging referred to in Annex VII.
of this Article shall be demonstrated in the technical information concerning the packaging referred to in Annex VII.
5. The Commission may analyse whether other packaging should be included in paragraph 1 or paragraph 2, point (a), of this Article if justified and appropriate due to technological and regulatory developments that affect the elimination of compostable packaging and in the conditions established in Annex III, and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal.
packaging and in the conditions established in Annex III, and, where appropriate, present a legislative proposal.
6. By 12 February 2026, the Commission shall request the European standardisation organisations to prepare or update harmonised standards laying down the detailed technical specifications of the requirements on compostable packaging. When doing so, the Commission shall request that, in line with the latest scientific and technological developments, parameters such as retention times, temperatures and stirring, which reflect the actual conditions in home composts and in bio-waste treatment facilities, including anaerobic digestion processes, are taken into account. The Commission shall request that those standards include verification that the compostable packaging undergoing the biological decomposition subject to the specified parameters results ultimately in conversion into carbon dioxide or, in absence of oxygen, methane, and mineral salts, biomass and water.
By 12 February 2026, the Commission shall also request the European standardisation organisations to prepare harmonised standards laying down the detailed technical specifications of the requirements on home compostability of packaging referred to in paragraph 1.

What it demands, and from when

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2028-02-12

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	102
PPE	67
Renew	25
S&D	17
—	17
ECR	10
The Left	2
Verts/ALE	2

Source: the committee amendment documents. n = 60 amendments targeting this article.

Pernille Weiss, Jessica Polfjärd — Article 9 – paragraph 1
The obligation for packaging minimization should not result in more complex, non-recyclable packaging or more individually packaged items leading to more packing waste overall. Sufficient time shall be given for producers to adapt to new design criteria.

Massimiliano Salini, Francesca Peppucci, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Fulvio Martusciello, Adam Jarubas, Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, Dolors Montserrat — Article 9 – paragraph 1
Ensuring that packaging is designed so that its weight and volume are reduced to the minimum necessary to ensure its functionality, for a given material and shape, would allow a trade-off between maintaining companies' flexibility in packaging design and minimizing packaging.

Catherine Chabaud, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Pascal Canfin, Frédérique Ries, Martin Hojsík — Article 9 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 9 aims to set a new standard for essential requirements to avoid the use of unnecessary packaging. However, the packaging minimisation performance criteria listed in Annex 4 contain loopholes that allow producers to use more material than is functionally necessary, which is not in line with material minimisation. Furthermore, some NGOs, such as Rethink Plastic Alliance, believe that the obligation listed in A

What plenary voted on this article

Every vote on this article's amendments, from the voting-results minutes. The bar shows the split; hover for exact counts.

Am		for/against/abstained	LT votes	Groups
416	adopted	314/303/3
146	lapsed	—
488	rejected	—
503	rejected	305/316/4	5↑ 5↓	PPE 105–29 ECR 57–3 ID 44–3 NI 19–14 — 33–37 The Left 2–25
422	rejected	307/314/2
147	adopted	—
423	rejected	299/318/5
405	rejected	78/475/60	1↑ 8↓	ID 48–0 NI 9–18 The Left 4–20 ECR 5–28 Verts/ALE 4–31 — 7–56

Source: the European Parliament's voting-results minutes. n = 8 votes on this article; 'LT votes' is how many Lithuanian members voted for/against in that vote (from roll-call records; not every vote is a roll-call).

Who wrote about this article in the consultations

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Who	Country	What they wrote
IKG crewshop24.com	DE	document, Member States have the possibility until 12 August 2026 to decide that packaging formats additional to items listed in Article 9(1) and 9(2)(a) must be compostable on their territories. 30 VII. PACKAGING MINIMISATION ↗
CNSBII - Corpo Nazionale delle Sentinelle dei Bacini idrografici Italiani	IT	solo per applicazioni specifiche e nel contesto di specifiche condizioni locali sotto la supervisione delle autorità competenti.» Articolo 9, paragrafo 2: «In deroga all'articolo 6, paragrafo 1, qualora gli Stati membri consentano che i rifiuti aventi analoghe ↗
Viatris	US	new situations dealt with. Packaging minimisation We greatly welcome the proposed Article 9 on packaging minimisation. We notably support measures which would leverage the digital transformation as a key enabler for reaching this objective, such as the replace ↗
ASOCIACIÓN NACIONAL DE PERFUMERÍA Y COSMÉTICA (STANPA)	ES	l transition which considers market availabilities and technological developments. 4. WASTE PREVENTION • Packaging minimization (Article 9) Packaging performance criteria should ensure that the packaging volume and weight is limited to the minimum adequate am ↗
Eurochambres	BE	t disposed of by end consumers but used for storage, and its resale value also depends on the presence of the original packaging. Article 9, paragraphs 2 and 4, establish an extensive regime to minimize packaging volume. ↗
PSVAK-THE HELLENIC COSMETIC TOILETRY & PERFUMERY ASSOCIATION	EL	housands of European artisans (e.g., glassmakers) rooted in several generations of traditional European savoir-faire. →Therefore, Article 9 should reflect the proposed definition of packaging, which rightly recognizes that an important function of the packagin ↗
Wirtschaftskammer Österreich	AT	, diese technischen bzw. dem Produkt geschuldeten Umstände – wie bisher - auch für Marketing- und Brandingzwecke zu nutzen. Gemäß Art 9 Abs 2 und 4 soll ein umfangreiches Regime aufgebaut werden, um das Verpackungsvolumen auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren. Es soll ↗
FEBEA (Fédération des entreprises de la beauté)	FR	au minimum nécessaire pour assurer leur fonctionnalité, compte tenu de leur forme et du matériau dont ils sont composés ». - A l’article 9(2), la disposition permettant une exception pour un emballage qui « relève d’une indication géographique d’origine proté ↗
Gemeinschaft Papiersackindustrie e.V.	DE	ly exclusively to plastic-based packaging. Ref. Ares(2023)2878089 - 24/04/2023 2 See Annex Amendments 2-9 Packaging minimisation (Art. 9 / Art. 21) The GemPSI welcomes the regulations to reduce packaging sizes to their necessary minimum (Art. 9) and to prevent ↗
Japan Cosmetic Industry Association	JP	unless the packaging design is subject to geographical indications of origin protected under Union legislation. Article 9 (2) By 1 January 2030, pPackaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with char ↗
UMVIN	FR	products” (Article 3(1)). Article 9 paragraph 2 – Packaging minimization Text proposed by the Commission UMVIN position 2. Packaging not necessary to comply with any of the performance criteria set out in Annex IV and packaging with characteristics that are on ↗
EuromContact	BE	t (article 7) : the exemption for contact-sensitive plastic packaging of medical devices is a necessity > Packaging minimization (article 9) : eIFU and proportionate labelling requirements would help to limit packaging size and reduce waste. EuromContact think ↗
Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)	US	d PPWR’s restrictions should not further contribute to the already critical issue of food waste. For example, the requirements in Article 9 regarding packaging minimization (sometimes known as “lightweighting”) may prompt companies to use thinner or lighter pa ↗
European Core and Tube Association (ECTA)	DE	materials than plastic as the predominant material and for contact sensitive packaging of all materials. Packaging minimisation (Art. 9 / Art. 21) The ECTA welcomes the regulations to reduce packaging sizes to their necessary min- imum (Art. 9) and to prevent ↗
ANAIP	ES	III. is necessary to ask to plastic industry, scientifics, plastic associations... Article 9 Packaging minimisation 3. Empty space shall be reduced to the minimum necessary for ensuring the packaging functionality as follows: (a) for sales packaging, in relati ↗
HPE -Bundesverband Holzpackmittel, Paletten, Exportverpackung e.V.	DE	und Materialminimierung stehen. In Bezug auf Minimierung, Wiederverwendung, Schutz und Sicherheit von Verpackungen im Kontext des Artikel 9 sollte daher der Wiederverwendung Vorrang vor der Materialminimierung eingeräumt werden, um die Waren vor den verschiede ↗
Japan Business Council in Europe (JBCE)	BE	be recovered in a biological cycle, although it may be difficult to recycled, should not be disregarded at this point. Art. 9 Packaging minimisation: ➢ Although we support the idea of reducing unnecessary packaging space, precision equipment (such as electroni ↗
VDW	DE	6, Absatz 8) die Erfüllung der Reduktionsziele im Bereich Over-Packaging (siehe Artikel 21) und die Verpackungsminimierung (siehe Artikel 9) konterkarieren. Hohe Mehrwegquoten würden zwangsläufig zu einer Begünstigung von standardisierten und großvolumigen Ein ↗
The Polish Union Of the Cosmetics Industry	PL	erage of all plastic packaging placed on the EU market by an economic operator. While the Union supports the general objective of Article 9 to minimize packaging, the provisions on minimizing packaging should not lead to standardization of packaging and should ↗
AIM, European Brands Association	BE	e guidance on the aspects subject to the harmonised labelling requirements which are likely to mislead or confuse the consumer.  Article 9 – Packaging minimisation Rules on packaging minimisation should not lead to standardisation and should not minimise bran ↗
The Japan Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Industry Association (JRAIA)	JP	It is therefore considered sufficient to stipulate compliance with the existing REACH and CLP regulations. ・ Article 9 (Packaging minimization) The packaging of machinery including RACHP equipment and electrical and electronic equipment including remote contro ↗
Industrieverband Papier- und Folienverpackung e.V. (IPV)	DE	be taken into account that the possibility of producing packaging pre- cisely contributes to packaging minimisation according to Art. 9. In contrast, standardised unit sizes in the reusable system inevitably lead to more empty volume and higher mate- rial inp ↗
AESGP - Association of the European Self-Care Industry	BE	is questionable whether the additional documentation requirements are in alignment with the objectives of the draft Regulation. • Article 9, Article 21 and Annex IV – Packaging minimization, Obligations related to excessive packaging and methodology for packag ↗
VÖA – Vereinigung der öffentlichen Abfallwirtschaftsbetriebe	AT	the criteria of biodegradable plastics must also be critically questioned. In any case, this is clearly rejected. Art. 9: Packaging minimisation The intention to minimise oversized packaging is welcomed. It is proposed to develop similar requirements for produ ↗
Cooperativas Agro-alimentarias de España	ES	wine sector and call for such provisions to be revised accordingly. For example, the prohibition of double bottoms or similar in Art. 9(2) fails to take into account that such design elements are frequently used for wine bottles. Many design elements are not ↗
Wirtschaftsvereinigung Alkoholfreie Getränke e.V.	DE	erung dürfen elementare Funktionen von Verpackungen nicht ignorieren Weitreichende Vorgaben zur Verpackungsminimierung sollen mit Artikel 9 ein- geführt werden. Dabei darf nicht aus dem Blick geraten, dass Verpackungen kein Selbstzweck sind. Die Anforderungen ↗
AMETIC	ES	e obligation laid down in paragraph 1. They shall nevertheless ensure that such sales packaging complies with the requirements in Article 9. Article 21 - Obligation related to excessive packaging 3. Economic operators using sales packaging as e-commerce packag ↗
Bundesverband Großhandel, Außenhandel, Dienstleistungen e.V.	DE	hren ist, die kein Rezyklat enthal- ten, jedoch weiter nutzbar sind. Eine Entsorgung würde dem Ziel der Verordnung widersprechen. Art. 9 Die technische Dokumentation führt zu einem erheblichen Mehraufwand für die Wirtschaft. ↗
Comité Champagne	FR	§ 6, afin d’assurer un niveau élevé de protection des consommateurs2. 3. AU REGARD DES OBJECTIFS DE MINIMISATION DES EMBALLAGES (ARTICLE 9) Le Comité Champagne tient à rappeler que la filière Champagne s’est engagée depuis 2010 à standardiser l’utilisation d’ ↗
Ecommerce Europe	BE	is a clear opportunity to begin the transition to a simplified, harmonised, digital EPR system in the EU. Packaging minimisation (art. 9) and empty space ratio (art. 21) Retailers are working, with the resources available to them, to limit their use of packagi ↗

Source: public consultation submissions and position papers. n = 96 mentions; counted as a literal reference to the article number.

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