Packaging

class

PPWR Packaging

A packaging item subject to EU Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR). Carrier for the regulation's labelling and DPP data points. Reached from a trade item via gs1:packaging (gs1:Product → gs1:PackagingDetails); when packaging is itself placed on the market as a trade item (e.g. an empty e-commerce carton), type the node as both gs1:Product and euppwr:Packaging. Use packagingTier for the sales/grouped/transport position; use recyclabilityGrade, gs1:packagingMaterial, gs1:packagingRecyclingProcessType, gs1:hasReturnablePackageDeposit, oec:recycledContent, oec:Compostability, oec:bioBasedFraction, etc. for the substantive declarations. Identified via gs1:gtin; reusable/returnable packaging assets use GRAI (AI 8003).

URI:https://ref.openepcis.io/extensions/eu/ppwr/Packaging

Upstream alignment

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GS14 terms DPP Keystone2 terms

Properties (4)

	Description	Domain	Range		Vocabularies
harmonisedSymbol Harmonised Symbol	URI / code reference of a harmonised PPWR Article 12 label that appears on the packaging: material-composition pictograms, separate-collection indicators, deposit-return labels, etc. The Commission establishes the harmonised labels by implementing acts (due 2026-08-12, applying from 2028-08-12); this property points to the catalogue entry. Until the implementing acts publish the label registry, use a documented placeholder URI.	euppwr:Packaging	`xsd:anyURI`	Public	—
hasPackagingTier Packaging Tier	Indicates whether the packaging is sales (primary), grouped (secondary), or transport (tertiary) per PPWR Article 3.	euppwr:Packaging	euppwr:PackagingTier	Public	—
hasRecyclabilityGrade PPWR Recyclability Grade	PPWR Article 6 letter grade (A/B/C). Companion to oec:recyclabilityScore (numeric, JRC-style) and oec:recyclabilityRate (decimal fraction); use the grade for regulatory expression and a score/rate for the underlying methodology output.	euppwr:Packaging	euppwr:RecyclabilityGrade	Public	—
hasReuseInformation Reuse Information	Links a reusable packaging item to its PPWR Article 12(2) reuse data card (re-use system, collection points, trips/rotations).	euppwr:Packaging	euppwr:ReuseInformation	Public	—

Vocabulary alignment

Close match

DPP Keystone dppk:Packaging · QA 88%

Broader · upstream

GS1 gs1:PackagingDetails · curated

Referenced upstream terms

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Subclass Of

gs1:PackagingDetails

Where used

Referenced by other terms (4)

domain:

eu/ppwrharmonisedSymbol eu/ppwrhasPackagingTier eu/ppwrhasRecyclabilityGrade eu/ppwrhasReuseInformation

In SHACL shapes (1)

PackagingShapetargets

In example documents (7)

Master data & product examples

References

Source

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32025R0040

JSON-LD Example

{
  "@context": "https://ref.openepcis.io/extensions/eu/ppwr/ppwr-context.jsonld",
  "type": "Packaging",
  "harmonisedSymbol": "...",
  "hasPackagingTier": "...",
  "hasRecyclabilityGrade": "..."
}