EU PPWR FAQs Updated August 2026 - Flipbook - Page 6
Abbreviations
CMO:
Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in
agricultural products
DfR:
Design for recycling
DRS:
Deposit and Return System
DSA:
Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
19 October 2022 on a Single Market for Digital Services
ECHA:
European Chemicals Agency
EO:
Economic Operator
EPR:
Extended Producer Responsibility
EPS:
Expanded Polystyrene
ESPR:
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13
June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of eco-design requirements for
sustainable products
FCM:
Food-contact material, as regulated under Regulation (EC) No 1935/2004 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 2004 on materials and
articles intended to come into contact with food
FIBC:
Flexible Intermediate Bulk Container
FIC:
Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to
consumers.
HoReCa:
Hotel, Restaurant and Catering
IBC:
Intermediate bulk containers
JRC:
Joint Research Centre
NACE:
Statistical classification of economic activities / classification of economic
activities in the European Union (EU)
OJEU:
Official Journal of the European Union
PFAS:
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
PPWD:
European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on
packaging and packaging waste
PPWR:
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19
December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste
PRO:
Producer Responsible Organisation
REACH:
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and
Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency
SoC:
Substances of Concern
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