Suspending the application of the rules on extended producer responsibility for batteries and waste batteries and packaging and packaging waste (Omnibus VIII on environmental legislation)
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With the European Parliament, which is preparing its first-reading position.
Last active 16 Jun 2026
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What this bill does
In plain terms: what it changes and who it affects.
This proposal pauses mandatory EPR representative appointments for EU battery and packaging producers selling into other Member States until 2035.
Who it affects
It affects EU-based battery producers and packaging or packaged-product producers selling across borders. It also affects non-EU producers, for whom Member States must keep enforcement and traceability safeguards.
Core of the proposal
- Suspends mandatory authorised EPR representative appointments for EU battery producers until 1 January 2035.
- Suspends the same requirement for EU packaging and packaged-product producers until 1 January 2035.
- EU producers may still keep or appoint authorised representatives voluntarily.
- Member States must ensure traceability and enforcement for third-country producers, through representatives or alternative means.
Key provisions
- Takes effect
- It enters into force on the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- Transitional law
- The suspended requirements do not apply until 1 January 2035, allowing existing representative arrangements to continue voluntarily.
Articles changed · 2 across 2 laws
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (32023R1542)
- art. 56(3): suspends application until 1 January 2035; adds alternative traceability/enforcement approach for third-country battery producers
- Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (32025R0040)
- art. 45(3): suspends application until 1 January 2035; allows alternatives for third-country packaging producers
Latest update
15 Jun 2026The most recent development in this bill's progress.
1st reading – European Parliament → 1st reading – European Parliament
1st reading – European Parliament → 1st reading – European Parliament
Documents
1 recentSourcesOEILEUR-LexEU Law Tracker