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New EU requirements for packaging and the import of packaged products - coming soon

Greta Kulikauske
Senior Consultant, PwC Lithuania, Lithuania
Published 02 Mar 2025
New EU requirements for packaging and the import of packaged products - coming soon
Topic spotlight
In addition to the numerous sustainability-related areas assigned to customs (CBAM, EUDR, forced labor prohibition regulation, CITES, etc.), customs will soon be assigned another task – the control of packaging compliance with sustainability requirements. Accordingly, importers themselves will have to be aware of one more regulation. Let's review the new regulation on packaging and packaging waste and the requirements set out in it.

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