PPWR Article 16 Request
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Article 16 concerns a supplier of packaging or packaging materials providing the PPWR Manufacturer with conformity-supporting information and documentation.
Supplier Evidence Acquisition Engine
Ask your supplier for the packaging facts you actually need.
Build a role-correct PPWR Article 16 request, an operational EPR packaging-data request, or a combined request. Collect component weights, material composition and supporting evidence without turning a supplier response into false proof of compliance.
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Direct answer
What packaging information should I request from my supplier?
Request the facts needed to identify the packaging configuration, its components, constituent materials, weights and controlled technical specifications. If you are the PPWR Manufacturer and the counterparty is a supplier of packaging or packaging materials, Article 16 also requires that supplier to provide the information and documentation necessary for you to demonstrate conformity, including relevant Annex VII technical documentation and information required under Articles 5 to 11.
A supplier response is source evidence. It is not an EU Declaration of Conformity, test certificate, authority approval or automatic proof of PPWR compliance.Legal role gate
Article 16 is not a generic supplier-data clause.
10 days?
Article 16 does not set a universal 10-day supplier-response deadline. The 10-day rule in Article 15(10) concerns the Manufacturer responding to a reasoned request from a national authority. A return date in this engine is therefore a commercial workflow date unless another binding rule or contract applies.
Manufacturer ≠ EPR Producer
Manufacturer and EPR Producer are separate PPWR roles. The engine asks which role you hold before it selects legal language.
Supplier Request Workspace
Build, issue and review one defensible supplier request.
Use one browser-local project to define the legal basis, supplier, packaging scope, requested evidence, response and review state.
Role & basis
Article 16 does not set a universal 10-day supplier-response deadline. The 10-day rule in Article 15(10) concerns the Manufacturer responding to a reasoned request from a national authority. A return date in this engine is therefore a commercial workflow date unless another binding rule or contract applies.
How it works
From a packaging-data gap to reviewed supplier evidence
Choose the legal basis
Separate Article 16 from ordinary EPR data collection before writing the request.
Describe the packaging scope
Identify products, configurations and packaging components the supplier must address.
Apply conditional evidence
Food-contact, reusable, compostable and other profiles add the relevant evidence requests.
Generate the request package
Create the corporate PDF and structured supplier-response workbook.
Record real issue and response evidence
Generated does not mean sent; sent does not mean answered. Lifecycle states require actual evidence.
Review and hand off facts
Accept only reviewed source facts, then export supplier-owned packaging fields to the Packaging Data Engine.
Natural questions
Supplier packaging-data questions before you send the request
Can I demand packaging data from my supplier under PPWR Article 16?
Article 16 applies where the counterparty is a supplier of packaging or packaging materials and you are the PPWR Manufacturer. If you only need data as an EPR Producer, use the operational request mode unless the Article 16 relationship also exists.
Does my supplier have 10 days to reply?
Article 16 itself does not create a universal ten-day supplier-response deadline. Article 15(10) gives the Manufacturer ten days to provide documents following a reasoned request from a national authority.
What should I request for food-contact packaging?
In addition to composition and weight facts, the request should include applicable contact-sensitive Union-law documentation. PPWR Article 5 also applies PFAS limits to food-contact packaging from 12 August 2026.
Does a supplier declaration prove PPWR compliance?
No. It is source evidence used in the Manufacturer's conformity assessment and technical documentation. The Manufacturer remains responsible for the applicable conformity duties.
Can supplier data be reused for EPR reporting?
Measured component, material and weight facts can feed the Packaging Data & EPR Declaration Engine. Seller-owned facts such as units placed on market, reporting period, PRO and national classification stay outside the supplier workbook handoff.
What should I ask for composite packaging?
Request the constituent-material breakdown and, where available, the weight or proportion of each material instead of recording the package as one unknown composite.