Batteries Regulation – Gear up for Finland.

helmut.minor • 16. November 2023

Timelines by envenance.

Finland has established a multidisciplinary government working group in order to implement the Batteries Regulation into the Finish legislation. The first amendments will address the approval and designation of conformity assessment bodies for batteries.


The current time line forsees the implementation of Article 17 (conformity assessment) an Chapter VI (information provision with batteries) by the 18th August 2024. The 18th August 2025 marks the scheduled implementation date of the provisions related to waste management and extended producer responsibilities as laid out in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2023/ 1542. The regulation regarding the removability and repairability of batteries as laid out in Article 11 of the Batteries Regulations will be implemented on the 18th February 2027.


Source: Recser Oy

How AI Can Help Automate PPWR Compliance (EU Packaging Regulation)

von helmut.minor • 22. April 2025
envenance on compliance. The author gives an overview about the current possibilities to use AI when complying with the PPWR and points out the current limits to this approach.

One in – two out. What Would a Cut in Bureaucracy in the European Union Mean for Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations?

von helmut.minor • 28. Januar 2025
envenance on compliance. The author gives a brief overview of the Pros and Cons of Bureaucracy reduction regarding EPR regulations and its impact on achieving the sustainability goals of the European Union.

EU Packaging Regulation (EU) 2025/40 published

von helmut.minor • 22. Januar 2025
envenance on compliance. The author provides an overview of the newly published PPWR and its implications for companies.

Flashlight on Textiles

von helmut.minor • 19. Januar 2025
envenance on compliance. The author gives a country overview of the textile EPR initiatives within the European Union.

Portugal: Further Guidelines on Packaging Labelling Published

von hemut.minor • 13. Januar 2025
envenance on compliance. The author gives a brief overview upon the latest details for sorting instructions given by the Portuguese environmental authority.

Scandinavian Packaging Labelling Methodology: A Role Model for the New EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR)?

von helmut.minor • 8. Januar 2025
envenance on compliance. The author gives a brief overview of the core aspects of the Scandinavian sorting instruction label systems and provides an overview on challenges for the implementation of such a system in the course of the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation PPWR.

New Developments in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 2025: What Companies Need to Know

von helmut.minor • 5. Januar 2025
Timelines by envenance. The author gives an overview of the most relevenat deadlines for new EPR obligations in 2025 across Europe and North America.

Packaging disposal fees on invoices in Spain – impractical and poorly timed?

von helmut.minor • 14. Dezember 2024
envenance on compliance. The author explains the background and the impact of the new obligation to display packaging recycling contribution fees separately on invoices.

The end of the Triman?

von helmut.minor • 16. November 2024
envenance on compliance. The author gives an overview of the background for the current infringement process of the EU Commission against the Triman and highlights developments from the past and into the future.

Portugal enforces Packaging Labelling

von helmut.minor • 27. Oktober 2024
envenance on compliance. France and Italy have applied sorting instructions on consumer packaging as mandatory measures to educate the consumer about the separation of packaging waste. Spain will follow on the 1st January 2025. The author evaluates the current status of a mandatory application of sorting instructions on consumer packaging in Portugal.
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