PPWR Declaration of Conformity: what companies need to know now
The EU Declaration of Conformity documents a packaging's conformity with the applicable PPWR requirements and is based on the related technical documentation. PakPruvo connects this data in PPWR software with versioning and document management.
The PPWR requires an EU Declaration of Conformity for packaging. With it, the responsible manufacturer declares that the packaging meets the applicable requirements of the regulation.
The declaration does not stand alone. It is based on the technical documentation and the data for the packaging concerned. The PPWR provides a model structure for the declaration in Annex VIII and requires that it is kept up to date.
PakPruvo connects this information in PPWR software: capture packaging data, document components, create a Declaration of Conformity, track versions, and publish released information.
What is a PPWR Declaration of Conformity?
The EU Declaration of Conformity documents the conformity of packaging with the PPWR requirements that apply to it.
It is therefore more than a single PDF.
What matters are the data behind it:
Materials, packaging components, weights, material composition, evidence and other information must be unambiguously attributable to the packaging concerned.
That is why the process should not begin only when the PDF is created.
Who is responsible for the Declaration of Conformity?
Responsibility for packaging conformity generally lies with the manufacturer within the meaning of the PPWR.
According to the current interpretation of the German Central Packaging Registry (Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister), a manufacturer is the natural or legal person that manufactures packaging or a packaged product itself, or has it designed or manufactured under its own name or brand. Further specifics may apply depending on the supply chain.
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Which packaging data should PPWR software manage?
PakPruvo looks beyond the finished product to packaging and its individual components.
Among other things, you can capture:
- Packaging components
- Materials
- Packaging weights and tare weights
- Material compositions
- Weight shares
- Recycled content shares
- Multi-layer composite structures
This creates a structured packaging data set.
Further PPWR processes can then be fed from that data base.
Can PakPruvo create the Declaration of Conformity?
Yes.
With PakPruvo, a draft Declaration of Conformity can be generated from the stored product and packaging data. Alternatively, an existing declaration can be imported as a PDF.
Responsibility for content, review and approval remains with the company. PakPruvo is not legal advice.
The Declaration of Conformity is not stored in isolation. It stays linked to the product and its respective data base.
What happens when packaging changes?
A change may for example affect:
Material, weight, packaging component, material share, recycled content or the structure of a composite packaging.
It must then be clear which state applied for a given version.
PakPruvo therefore documents drafts, issued versions and version history.
The PPWR requires the EU Declaration of Conformity to be kept up to date.
Example
A plastic closure is replaced by a closure with a different material structure.
In PakPruvo, an existing PDF is not simply overwritten. Packaging data can be updated and the new packaging state documented.
That keeps a clear link between each Declaration of Conformity and the packaging version it belongs to.
Why PPWR software instead of separate files?
A Declaration of Conformity is ultimately the result of a data process.
PakPruvo therefore connects:
Packaging data → components → technical documentation → review → Declaration of Conformity → versioning
So information does not have to be gathered again for every document from spreadsheets, supplier files and scattered folders.