Commission amends regulations on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs

With the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2025/351 of 21 February 2025, the Commission amending Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, amending Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 282/2008, and amending Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food as regards recycled plastic and other matters related to quality control and manufacturing of plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

In order to allow operators to adapt to the changes provided for in this Regulation, it is appropriate to provide that plastic materials and articles complying with Regulation (EU) No 10/2011, as applicable before the date of the entry into force of this Regulation, and any other relevant Union legislation are allowed to be first placed on the market for a period of 18 months after the entry into force of this Regulation and remain on the market until the exhaustion of stocks. However, the production of final plastic materials and articles typically involves the supply of several products and substances from intermediate manufacturing stages by other operators. For the sake of consumer safety, the transition to full compliance with this Regulation should be achieved as efficiently as possible, and with minimum delay. Therefore, operators placing on the market, as of nine months before expiry of the 18-months transition period, intermediate products and substances that do not yet comply with this Regulation, should be required to inform the users of those products that they cannot be used to manufacture plastic materials and articles to be placed on the market after the transition period expires.

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