PPWR
Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation
Regulation (EU) 2025/40
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2024 on packaging and packaging waste, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC
CELEX 32025R0040 eur-lex.europa.eu verified 23.08.2026
Not yet verified at source. Indicative only. This record was compiled from the instrument identifier and has not yet been opened at source. The market rows below carry their own verification dates and are not affected by this.
Scope
What it bears on.
The product categories this site tracks under this instrument, and the parameters of the shared vocabulary it touches. Nothing here is a statement about any one market — that is below, and it comes from that market's own record.
Product categories
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Nicotine pouches
Oral, tobacco-free products containing synthetic or natural nicotine, presented as portioned sachets, powder, particles or paste.
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Nicotine strips
Oral, tobacco-free nicotine products in strip or film form. Their classification is unsettled in several markets, which is why they are tracked separately from pouches rather than assumed to follow them.
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E-liquids
Refill liquids for electronic cigarettes, with or without nicotine, including bases, flavour concentrates and DIY boosters where the market treats them the same way.
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E-cigarettes
The devices themselves. Several markets regulate the device separately from the liquid, and at least one permits one subtype while banning the other.
Parameters
- Other packaging requirements
- Plain packaging
In the markets we cover
The national provisions, not ours.
Every row below is a market's own requirement, with the act that imposes it in that market and a link to that act. A directive binds the member state, not the product; what binds a product is the national provision that transposes it.
Belgium
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Information leaflet in the pack; child-resistant closure; tamper evidence; ingredient list; nicotine content and delivery per dose; batch number; flavour named neutrally
Elements creating a false impression of benefit or reduced harm are prohibited.
AR 28.10.2016 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
- Plain packaging E-liquids
- Not required
The standardised-packaging regime extends from 1 June 2026 to cigars, cigarillos, pipe tobacco, heated tobacco, herbal smoking products, accessories, papers, filters and pipes. Electronic cigarettes are not included.
AR 28.07.2025 news.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-cigarettes
- Attractive device features such as light effects are prohibited; the flavour may be named on the pack only in a neutral manner
In force since July 2023, with a transitional period for retailers to 11 January 2024.
AR 28.10.2016 ejustice.just.fgov.be verified 10.07.2026
- Plain packaging E-cigarettes
- Not required
AR 28.07.2025 news.belgium.be verified 10.07.2026
Czechia
- Other packaging requirements Nicotine pouches
- Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; child-resistant; no economic inducements
Vyhláška č. 141/2023 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Must not resemble food, cosmetics or a toy; no economic inducements; the flavour stated in words using the term příchuť
Vyhláška č. 37/2017 Sb. zakonyprolidi.cz verified 09.07.2026
Germany
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Ingredients in descending order by weight; nicotine content and delivery per dose; batch number; a keep-away-from-children statement; a German-language leaflet headed Gebrauchsinformationen; child, tamper and leak protection
Attributing health or stimulant effects, or suggesting reduced harm, is prohibited.
§§ 26–27 TabakerzV gesetze-im-internet.de verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-cigarettes
- Child, tamper and leak protection, and resistance to breakage
§§ 26–27 TabakerzV gesetze-im-internet.de verified 10.07.2026
Spain
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Child and tamper protection; a leaflet (folleto); text in Spanish; the pack is filed with the Dirección General de Salud Pública
RD 579/2017 boe.es verified 10.07.2026
Sweden
- Other packaging requirements Nicotine pouches
- Content declaration and health warning; the pack must not resemble food or cosmetics; no economic inducements
Förordning (2022:1263) riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026
- Other packaging requirements E-liquids
- Information leaflet and content declaration; the pack must not resemble food or cosmetics; no economic inducements
Förordning (2019:223) riksdagen.se verified 10.07.2026