DPP and EU regulation timeline

Member States must bring the laws implementing Directive (EU) 2024/2853 into force by 9 December 2026. Directive 85/374/EEC is repealed with effect from the same day but continues to apply to products placed on the market or put into service before it, so the new liability regime covers products placed on the market from 9 December 2026.

Regulation

PLD Directive (EU) 2024/2853

Scope

Products placed on the market or put into service from this date

Source · Directive (EU) 2024/2853, Art. 21 and Art. 22 (OJ L, 18 November 2024) ↗ Permanent link

From 30 December 2026 Articles 3 to 13, 16 to 24, 26, 31 and 32 of the Deforestation Regulation apply: relevant products may only be placed on the EU market or exported if they are deforestation-free, legally produced and covered by a due diligence statement. The EU Timber Regulation (EU) No 995/2010 is repealed the same day.

Regulation

EUDR Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Scope

Operators, downstream operators and traders, except micro and small operators

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, consolidated text, Art. 37 and Art. 38(2) ↗ Permanent link

From 18 February 2027 each LMT battery, industrial battery above 2 kWh and electric vehicle battery placed on the market or put into service must have an electronic battery passport (Art. 77). From the same day every battery must carry a QR code (Art. 13(6)), and the passport's unique identifier must be uploaded to the ESPR registry.

Regulation

BattR Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Scope

LMT batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh, electric vehicle batteries

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, consolidated text, Art. 77(1), Art. 77(10) and Art. 13(6) ↗ Permanent link

From 18 February 2027 anyone placing on the market a product with a portable battery must ensure the battery is readily removable and replaceable by the end-user with commercially available tools, with removal instructions permanently available online. LMT batteries, including individual cells, must be readily removable and replaceable by an independent professional (Art. 11).

Regulation

BattR Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Scope

Products incorporating portable batteries or LMT batteries

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, consolidated text, Art. 11 and Art. 96(2)(a) ↗ Permanent link

From 30 June 2027 the EUDR obligations apply to operators that are natural persons or micro or small undertakings established by 31 December 2024, except for products already covered by the annex to the EU Timber Regulation, which fall under the 30 December 2026 date. Micro or small primary operators may use the one-time simplified declaration.

Regulation

EUDR Regulation (EU) 2023/1115

Scope

Operators that are natural persons or micro or small undertakings

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1115, consolidated text, Art. 38(3) ↗ Permanent link

From 18 August 2027 economic operators placing batteries on the market or putting them into service must set up and implement battery due diligence policies (Art. 48 to 50 and 52), have them verified and periodically audited by a notified body, and keep the documentation for ten years after the last battery under the policy was placed on the market.

Regulation

BattR Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Scope

Economic operators placing batteries on the market or into service

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, consolidated text, Art. 48 ↗Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, Art. 1 ↗ Permanent link

From 12 August 2028, or 24 months after the Commission's implementing acts on the label format if later, packaging placed on the market must bear a harmonised label on its material composition to help consumers sort waste (Art. 12(1)). Reusable packaging gets its own label from 12 February 2029 (Art. 12(2)); Decision 97/129/EC is repealed from 12 August 2028.

Regulation

PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Scope

All packaging placed on the market; reusable packaging from February 2029

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 12(1), 12(2) and Art. 70(2) ↗ Permanent link

From 1 January 2030 economic operators may no longer place on the market packaging in the formats and for the uses listed in Annex V (Art. 25(1)). From the same day the first re-use targets apply to transport and grouped packaging and to beverage sales packaging under Art. 29, with higher indicative targets from 1 January 2040.

Regulation

PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Scope

Packaging formats and uses listed in Annex V

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 25(1) and Art. 29 ↗ Permanent link

By 1 January 2030, or three years after the implementing act on calculation and verification if that is later, any plastic part of packaging placed on the market must contain the minimum percentage of recycled content recovered from post-consumer plastic waste set in Art. 7(1) per packaging type and format. Higher percentages apply from 1 January 2040 (Art. 7(2)).

Regulation

PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Scope

Plastic parts of packaging placed on the market

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 7(1), 7(2) and 7(8) ↗ Permanent link

From 1 January 2030, or 24 months after the delegated acts on design-for-recycling criteria if that is later, packaging may only be placed on the market if it is recyclable, meaning it reaches performance grade A, B or C under Annex II (Art. 6(2)). The Commission must adopt the criteria and grades by 1 January 2028 (Art. 6(4)).

Regulation

PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Scope

All packaging placed on the EU market

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 6(2) to 6(4) ↗ Permanent link

From 1 August 2030 the Toy Safety Regulation applies in full and Directive 2009/48/EC is repealed. Before placing a toy on the market the manufacturer must create a digital product passport for it (Art. 19). Toys placed on the market under the Directive before that date may still be made available; EC type-examination certificates stay valid until 1 February 2031.

Regulation

TSR Regulation (EU) 2025/2509

Scope

Toys for children under 14; manufacturers, importers, distributors

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/2509, Art. 19, Art. 56, Art. 57 and Art. 59 ↗ Permanent link

From 18 August 2031 industrial batteries above 2 kWh, electric vehicle and SLI batteries containing cobalt, lead, lithium or nickel must document at least 16 % recycled cobalt, 85 % lead, 6 % lithium and 6 % nickel in active materials. From 18 August 2036 shares rise to 26 %, 85 %, 12 % and 15 %, LMT batteries included.

Regulation

BattR Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Scope

Industrial batteries above 2 kWh, electric vehicle and SLI batteries

Source · Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, consolidated text, Art. 8(1) to 8(3) ↗ Permanent link

From 1 January 2038 packaging may only be placed on the market if it is recyclable within performance grade A or B as described in Table 3 of Annex II (Art. 6(3)); grade C, still allowed from 2030, is phased out. Innovative packaging may use the derogation in Art. 6(10).

Regulation

PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Scope

All packaging placed on the EU market

Source · Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 6(3) ↗ Permanent link