🇨🇿 The 2026 Packaging Revolution: Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR)

The event is held in Czech language only!

The new Regulation (EU) 2025/40, commonly referred to by the acronym PPWR, replaces Directive 94/62/EC and harmonizes the rules for all packaging and packaging waste placed on the EU internal market. The legislation introduces entirely new concepts and definitions of roles, including a newly defined role of “producer.” It introduces strict requirements, such as reducing packaging to the absolute minimum – for example, for group, transport, and e-commerce packaging, the proportion of empty space must not exceed 50%. It also introduces binding rules for recyclability, a minimum mandatory content of recycled plastics, and significant restrictions on the use of substances of concern, such as PFAS. Other significant changes for the market include new targets for the reuse of packaging, extended producer responsibility, and the requirement for harmonized labeling to facilitate sorting by consumers.

Although the PPWR provides certain exemptions for medical devices, a substantial portion of the regulation also applies to products and packaging subject to the MDR or IVDR. This webinar is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive overview of all key changes, obligations, and effective dates. 

Who the webinar is for:

• All manufacturers and importers of products placed on the market in packaging

• All manufacturers and importers of medical devices and IVD devices

• Private label owners who have products (medical devices) manufactured under their own brand

• Distributors and e-commerce operators (e-shops)

• Regulatory specialists and quality department staff

• Staff from purchasing, sales, and logistics departments

• Experts responsible for waste management and extended producer responsibility

• Anyone who places packaging on the market and wishes to expand their knowledge of this new legislation

Lecturers:

• Mgr. Aneta Dostálová

• Ing. Aleš Martinovský

Content:

• Introduction to the PPWR, its objectives, and impacts on the EU internal market

• New key terms to watch out for

• The PPWR and the medical devices sector: when do exemptions apply, and for which packaging do they not?

• Minimizing packaging and the upper limit of 50% empty space

• Restrictions on substances of concern and heavy metals (and how the PPWR actually addresses PFAS)

• Requirements for packaging recyclability and the mandatory minimum content of recycled plastic, including exemptions for certain product types

• New binding objectives for packaging reuse and refill

• Extended producer responsibility and new registration obligations

• Harmonized labeling of packaging (labels, QR codes) and waste containers

• Navigating transition periods and upcoming deadlines

  
  

Additional information:

• During the webinar, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions

• Each participant will receive a certificate of participation

• A PDF presentation will be sent to all participants

Participation fee:

• 3.900 CZK excluding VAT

• 100% cancellation fee applies after bindingly confirmed registration, but with the possibility of sending a replacement participant

Webinar hosted by:

• Porta Medica s.r.o.

• ID: 03301931, VAT: CZ03301931

• Registered office: Opletalova 1525/39, 110 00, Prague 1 - Nové Město