Glossary
Supplier
In plain wordsAny person or business that supplies packaging or packaging material to a manufacturer.
Also called: packaging supplier
What it means in practice
A supplier has to hand over the information a manufacturer needs to show its packaging meets the rules. Most small businesses do not realise they can simply ask, and that the supplier has to answer.
The rules that give it meaning
Getting packaging details from a supplier
Applies nowMost small businesses cannot test what their boxes are made of, and they do not have to. Whoever sells them the packaging has to hand over the information and paperwork needed to show it meets the rules, in a language they can follow, on paper or by email. Asking for it is not a favour. It is something the supplier owes.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 16(1) — read from this source on