EU PPWR FAQs Updated August 2026 - Flipbook - Page 43
Food legislation and the PPWR are different legislative frameworks and pursue different objectives
and as such should be viewed as complementary. Whether or not information provided under food
legislation will be sufficient to fulfil the requirements set out in Articles 15(5) and 15(6) of the
PPWR will depend on the particular provision of food legislation and the type and placement of the
information to be provided thereunder.
Article 15(5) of the PPWR: Article 15(5) of the PPWR requires that packaging bears a type, batch
or serial number or other element to allow its identification or, where the size or nature of the
packaging does not so allow, the required information may be provided in a document
accompanying the packaged product. The identification of packaging is required to enable the
competent authority/ies (which may not be the competent authority/ies for food products) to link
packaging to the declaration of conformity (the
