Belgium: Environmental Law

De Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) introduceert vanaf 2026 verplichtingen voor producenten, importeurs en distributeurs in de food- en beveragesector. Met nieuwe eisen rond recycleerbaarheid, gerecycleerd materiaal en verpakkingsontwerp moeten ondernemingen hun verpakkingsportfolio en leveranciersketen nu al kritisch evalueren om tijdig compliant te zijn met de ingrijpende regelgeving die vanaf 2030 volledig van kracht wordt.

The European Union's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation introduces sweeping changes for food and beverage businesses, establishing new compliance categories, recyclability standards, and phase-out timelines. Understanding which role your company plays—producer, importer, or distributor—determines your specific obligations under this comprehensive framework.

Belgium has transposed the EU's EmpCo Directive into national law, introducing stricter rules against greenwashing and misleading environmental claims. The new legislation expands the blacklist of unfair commercial practices and imposes additional pre-contractual information obligations on businesses. How will these changes impact companies making sustainability claims and selling products with digital elements?

The Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) was adopted on 19 December 2024 and will apply from 12 August 2026. It replaces the existing Directive 94/62/EC...

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (the "PPWR") entered into force in February 2025 with requirements beginning to apply from 12 August 2026.

Introduced by the European Commission (the "Commission") in March 2023, the EU Green Claims Directive (the "GCD") seeks to establish clear criteria for substantiating environmental claims.

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) requires certain large companies to draft an annual sustainability report covering information on environmental...

Cattle, cocoa, coffee, oil palm, soya, wood, rubber? Do you sell any of these commodities? Do you sell any products derived, containing or using any of these commodities...

It's never been more popular for companies to claim that they, their products, or - perhaps most importantly – their events – are "green", "environmentally friendly", "climate neutral", "sustainable"...