Currently applicable provisions
Which products are concerned by this scheme?
The products concerned are all types of sales packaging and packaging for primary food products consumed or used specifically by professionals operating a food services business. The packaged products must have a mass or volume strictly greater than the thresholds stipulated in the annex of the order defining the scope dated 20 July 2023.
Which producer responsibility organisations are accredited for this scheme?
Citeo Pro is the only accredited producer responsibility organisation.
How do you know whether you come under the professional packaging EPR scheme?
The producers concerned by the food services packaging EPR scheme are: “Any person that, in a professional capacity, packs their products or has their products packed for the purpose of placing them on the market, any importer whose products are marketed in packaging or, if the producer or importer cannot be identified, the person responsible for the first placing on the market of such products”.
It is not the packaging manufacturer who is considered to be the producer, but rather the person who packages the products.
How do you meet your obligations as a producer within this scheme?
If you are a producer of food services packaging, you must either join the producer responsibility organisation Citéo Pro or submit an application to set up an individual compliance scheme as soon as possible.
Provisions applicable soon
Which products are concerned by this scheme?
The order defining the scope dated 2 December 2025 specifies the types of packaging concerned. Packaging that is already covered by another EPR scheme does not come under the professional packaging scheme.
Which producer responsibility organisations are accredited for this scheme?
Since June 5, 2026, three eco-orgazinations (Twiice, Leko Pro and Citeo Pro) have been accredited to roll out the professional packaging scheme.
How do you know whether you come under the professional packaging EPR scheme?
You can read the definition of ‘producer’ applicable within this scheme in point 15 of article 3 of regulation (EU) 2025/40. We will provide further information on how this definition is to be interpreted very soon.
How do you meet your obligations as a producer within this scheme?
Producers of professional packaging will have to:
- Join one of the future producer responsibility organisations,
- Or have submitted an application to form an individual compliance scheme
How do you choose between a producer responsibility organisation and an individual compliance scheme?
To stay informed, visit our page about the professional packaging EPR scheme.