Key sources on PPWR for the pallet trade

Start with the primary sources. Commentary and summaries, ours included, are only as good as the text they rely on. Last checked 25 October 2026.

The law and the Commission

• Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on EUR-Lex: the official text of PPWR, in all EU languages. Article 29 covers reuse targets, Annex VI reuse systems.

• Commission Guidance, C/2026/3084: the Commission's interpretation, published June 2026. It covers who is manufacturer and producer of transport packaging, territorial scope and custom-made packaging.

• PPWR FAQ, 2nd edition: the Commission's questions and answers, August 2026. It names the Euro pallet as an open loop without an operator and confirms that transport packaging needs a declaration of conformity.

• Commission packaging page: DG Environment's hub, with links to adopted and upcoming acts.

• Implementation page on the Green Forum: guidance, FAQ and upcoming secondary legislation in one place.

• Delegated Decision (EU) 2026/429: exempts pallet wrap and straps from the 100% reuse duties, in force 26 May 2026.

• European Parliament press release, 24 April 2024: Parliament's approval and a plain summary of the main rules.

Sweden

• Naturvårdsverket: PPWR: the Swedish EPA's guidance hub, with a chapter-by-chapter overview, recordings and timeline.

• Naturvårdsverket: reuse systems: the most pallet-relevant Swedish page, covering rotations, notifying a reuse system, and wrap and straps.

• Naturvårdsverket: packaging producer: who counts as producer since 12 August 2026.

• Naturvårdsverket: new national rules: what the amended Swedish ordinances require, including the 31 March reporting.

• SFS 2026:1462: the amendment to the packaging ordinance, in force 12 August 2026.

• Svensk Handel's PPWR guide: a practical guide from the Swedish trade federation.

Norway, Denmark, Finland

• Miljødirektoratet: packaging: Norway's packaging guidance, with current producer duties for wood packaging under the waste regulation.

• Miljødirektoratet's proposal, 19 September 2026: the draft new Norwegian packaging regulation that will bring PPWR in.

• Grønt Punkt Norge on the delay: why PPWR doesn't yet apply in Norway, and what that means for exporters.

• Miljøstyrelsen: packaging requirements: the Danish EPA's PPWR guidance.

• BEK nr. 1146/2025: Denmark's packaging producer responsibility order, including registration and reporting of reusable packaging.

• Finland's Act 648/2026 (Edilex): the Waste Act amendment that sets Finland's authorities for PPWR.

Industry

• EPAL: PPWR declarations of conformity: EPAL's declarations for Euro pallets and other EPAL load carriers.

• EPAL on pallet wrap and straps, 9 January 2026: EPAL's position on the first delegated act.

• FEFPEB news: the European wooden pallet and packaging federation. Its newsletters follow the rotations study, design-for-recycling and EPR.

• Skogsindustrierna's consultation response: the Swedish forest industries on wood packaging fees, exports and open pools (1 April 2026, in Swedish).

• Svenska Retursystem: the Swedish grocery trade's pool for crates and pallets.

Our explainers

• [What PPWR means for wooden pallets](/what-ppwr-means-for-wooden-pallets)

• [The reuse targets explained](/ppwr-reuse-targets-explained)

• [The Nordic picture](/ppwr-nordic-picture-sweden-norway-denmark-finland)

• [The PPWR timeline, and what to do now](/ppwr-timeline-what-to-do-now)

• [Pooling or one-way?](/pooling-or-one-way-pallets)

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