How PPWR Docs identifies this route
The wizard asks whose brand is shown, who specifies the packaging, who fills or makes the packaged product, and whether an imported or resold item is changed. It does not ask the customer to interpret the word manufacturer before those facts are known.
An importer or distributor that places packaging on the market under its own name or trade mark, or modifies it in a way that could affect compliance, can take on manufacturer obligations, subject to the specific micro-enterprise rule in Article 21.
What the manufacturer pack contains
The production pack connects the packaging identity and construction to the applicable requirement matrix, evidence index, assessments, unresolved actions and Annex VIII Declaration draft.
- START HERE review and action summary
- Annex VII-oriented Technical Documentation
- Applicable requirements and evidence matrix
- Original supporting evidence
- EU Declaration draft where supported
- Missing Information and supplier requests
- Country action guides kept separate
Review, sign and retain
The responsible manufacturer reviews the evidence and assessment before an authorised person signs the Declaration. Generated wording cannot replace a missing test, specification or supplier declaration.
Keep the technical documentation and Declaration for five years for single-use packaging and ten years for reusable packaging from placement on the market. Reassess when the packaging or relevant legal and technical basis changes.
PPWR Docs prepares working documentation; it does not certify packaging or sign the Declaration for the manufacturer.