The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is a new packaging regulation that the European Commission aims to introduce. The proposal for the PPWR was published in November 2022 and is still being negotiated by the EU Member States. 

The PPWR will be the successor to the current European packaging directive, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive from 1994. Member States could transpose this directive into national legislation in their own way; the Netherlands did so in the Packaging Management Decree 2014. 

If the PPWR is adopted, it will become European law and will apply in all EU countries (considering any lead time specified in the regulation – currently 12 months). This means a level playing field for all Member States. National laws need to be adapted accordingly.