PPWR
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Authorised representative [PPWR definition]
In Dutch context: A natural or legal person established in the Union that has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on its behalf in relation to specified tasks regarding the manufac ...
Authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility [PPWR defintion]
In Dutch context: A natural or legal person established in the Member State where the producer makes packaging available for the first time, appointed by a non-domestic producer to fulfil its extended ...
Distributor [PPWR definition]
The economic operator in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or importer, that makes packaging available on the market (obtained from within the EU).
Economic operator [PPWR definition]
The manufacturer, supplier, importer, distributor, authorised representative, final distributor and fulfilment service provider.
End user [PPWR definition]
The person who uses a product and does not resell it in the same form. This therefore includes both business/professional persons and consumers.
Final distributor
The distributor in the supply chain that delivers packaged products to the end user.
Fulfilment service provider [PPWR definition]
Any natural or legal person offering, in the course of commercial activity, at least two of the following services: warehousing, packaging, addressing and dispatching, without having ownership of the ...
Importer [PPWR definition]
A company established within the European Union that places packaging on the market from a country outside the European Union.
Manufacturer [PPWR definition]
The economic operator that manufactures packaging or a packaged product, or has it designed or manufactured under its own name or trademark. Exception: micro-enterprise (< € 10 employees, turnover ...
Packaging [PPWR definition]
Definition of Packaging PPWR (effective from 12 August 2026)An item intended to be used by an economic operator for the containment, protection, handling, delivery or presentation of products to anoth ...
Producer [PPWR definition]
In Dutch context: The manufacturer, importer or distributor who, irrespective of the selling technique used (including distance contracts), makes available for the first time from within the territory ...
Supplier [PPWR definition]
The economic operator that supplies packaging material or packaging (commissioned, filled or unfilled) to a manufacturer.