Germany — Packaging Act and its replacement adapting German law to the PPWR (VerpackDG)
Gesetz zur Anpassung des Verpackungsrechts und anderer Rechtsbereiche an die Verordnung (EU) 2025/40
- Type
- National law
- Jurisdiction
- Germany
- Current stage
- adopted
- Impact
- high
- Last verified change
- 11 Jun 2026
- Next date
- 1 Jan 2030 Article 4 point 1 enters into force (Article 8(1)).
Germany's law adapting packaging law and other areas of law to Regulation (EU) 2025/40, adopted by the Bundestag on 11 June 2026.
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Timeline of verified changes
- 11 Jun 2026 → adoptedThe Bundestag adopted the law adapting packaging law and other areas of law to Regulation (EU) 2025/40 at its 83rd sitting on 11 June 2026, following the environment committee's report (Drucksache 21/6398).
Source quote (de, with translation)
Der Deutsche Bundestag hat in seiner 83. Sitzung am 11. Juni 2026 aufgrund der Beschlussempfehlung und des Berichtes des Ausschusses fü r Umwelt, Klimaschutz, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit – Drucksache 21/6398 –
English translation: At its 83rd sitting on 11 June 2026, on the basis of the recommendation and report of the Committee on the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety – printed paper 21/6398 – the German Bundestag ...