PPWR, ElektroG, EUDR, BattG, BattDG, EU BattR, GPSR, DPP and Co: Here you will find the important dates for 2026.

For several weeks now, trade-e-bility customers have been reporting that online marketplaces such as Temu and eBay are increasingly requiring them to provide energy efficiency labels, for example for lighting products.

The topic of "recyclable packaging" raises many questions for the sellers and producers affected. A central element of the PPWR is Article 6, which sets out requirements for the recyclability of packaging. Packaging must be designed in such a way that it can be collected, sorted and recycled on a large scale under realistic conditions. You can now have the…

In future, anyone who places packaging on the market will be required to make a financial contribution to packaging prevention. This is provided for in the draft of a new packaging law. The draft also contains higher recycling quotas. This is said to be the biggest reform of German packaging law in 35 years.

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is facing a decisive amendment: with the draft amendment COM (2025) 652, the European Commission proposed targeted simplifications and differentiated deadlines on 21 October.

The Bundesrat has decided not to convene the mediation committee between the Bundestag and the Bundesrat. The background to this was the handling of e-cigarettes. This means that the amendment to the ElektroG can come into force as planned at the beginning of 2026.

A Europe-wide mandatory "Extended Producer Responsibility" (EPR) is being introduced for textiles: producers must pay for the collection, sorting and recycling of discarded textile and footwear products.

The regulation to combat deforestation is to be applied from 31 December 2025 as originally planned. A postponement has only been proposed for micro and small market participants. All other affected market participants and sellers should take action now at the latest.

The date of entry into force of the EU Packaging Regulation (PPWR) will not be postponed. The date of 12 August 2026 remains unchanged, even though trade associations are warning against the mid-year deadline. With the PPWR, packaging itself becomes a product that must meet numerous requirements.

On 7 October 2025, the German national WEEE and battery registration board (EAR Foundation) published it’s latest newsletter, in which it reports on the new legal situation of batteries now, because the necessary German Battery Implementation Act (BattDG) has come into force.

All actors in the supply chain are affected – in particular importers of packaged goods in small quantities. Companies that were previously exempt due to the volume threshold must now take action to avoid penalties.

Since 18 August 2025, companies that are not based in Denmark and sell batteries to end users in Denmark must also register with the DPA. This applies regardless of whether your company is based in or outside the EU.