Reading the Result and Your Obligations
Overview
As you answer the applicability check, the live result panel on the right computes the outcome in real time. Once the check is complete, the same result is saved to the company and reachable any time via View obligations in the Applicability table. This page explains how to read it.
The verdict
While sections are still open, the panel shows how many are answered (for example 0/5 sections), the roles derived so far (Roles: none, until the answers say otherwise), and the note "Answer the sections to compute obligations".
When the answers are in, the panel shows:
- The verdict. An Affected badge with "PPWR applies", or the corresponding not-affected outcome.
- Roles. The roles the answers produced, for example Manufacturer and Importer.
- Producer in. The member states where the company holds producer status, for example FR.
The obligation groups
Below the verdict, the obligations are grouped, each with its legal basis and an expander for detail:
Market access & conformity
- Conformity assessment & DoC. Packaging conformity and the Declaration of Conformity, per Art. 38, 39 and Annex VII/VIII, with 5/10 years documentation retention (Art. 15(3)).
- Marking: ID plus name & address (or QR / accompanying document). Per Art. 15(5)/(6); as importer additionally your own address (Art. 18(3)).
- PFAS limits (food contact). Per Art. 5(5), triggered by your food-contact answer.
- Environmental claims. Per Art. 14, shown as Not triggered if you do not advertise environmental properties.
Registration & EPR (per member state)
- One entry per member state where the company holds producer status, for example "FR: registration", per Art. 44(2)/(4) and Art. 45(1) EPR.
- Below 10 t/a: simplified reporting. A note per Art. 44(8): reporting is simplified below that volume in a member state, but registration and EPR remain.
Coming up for your categories
- The 2028 to 2030 wave obligations your packaging-category answers trigger, for example the empty-space ratio for transport and e-commerce packaging, transport reuse targets, recycled content, and recyclability requirements.
The status labels
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Applies | The obligation is triggered by your answers and is binding for this company. |
| Not triggered | Your answers switch this obligation off, for example no environmental claims means no Art. 14 duties. |
| Guidance | The obligation runs through a member-state process, and the entry points you to what to do there, for example national registration. |
| Note | Informational context, for example the simplified-reporting threshold. |
From result to work
- The obligation programme appears as chips on the company's row in the Applicability table, for example Packaging conformity, Technical documentation, Marking (Art. 15), Registration FR, EPR representative FR.
- View obligations reopens this panel whenever you need it.
- The per-packaging duties in the programme (conformity, substances, technical documentation, DoC) are fulfilled item by item in the Packaging section; the company-level duties (registration, EPR, representatives) are fulfilled in the respective member states.
ℹ️ Regulatory context. The obligation entries carry their own legal bases: conformity and DoC (Art. 38, 39, Annex VII/VIII), marking (Art. 15(5)/(6), Art. 18(3)), PFAS (Art. 5(5)), claims (Art. 14), registration and EPR (Art. 44, 45), simplified reporting (Art. 44(8)). See Regulation (EU) 2025/40.