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PPWR Declaration of Conformity generator

Most templates have you declaring conformity with Articles 5 to 12 when nobody has assessed most of them. This one only writes what your evidence supports, and it tells you when a draft isn't safe to sign. Free, no sign-up, nothing leaves your browser.

Manufacturer

Any unique reference that traces back to this packaging type.

Only where one is appointed by written mandate (Article 17). The manufacturer keeps sole legal responsibility either way.

The packaging

Describe the whole unit, not one component. One declaration per packaging type, not per SKU.

Markets placed on

Drives the languages the declaration must be translated into (Article 39(2)).

Evidence

What do you hold for Article 5 (substances)?

This decides how the conformity statement is worded. It never claims more than you say you have, and it claims nothing at all until you answer.

Signature

Nothing you type here leaves your browser. There is no account and none of it is stored.

Your declaration

Not ready to sign

  • • Annex VIII requires a unique declaration number.
  • • Annex VIII requires the manufacturer's name.
  • • Annex VIII requires the manufacturer's address.
  • • Annex VIII requires a description of the packaging.
  • • Annex VIII requires the signatory's name.
  • • Annex VIII requires the signatory's function.
  • • Annex VIII requires the place of issue.
  • • Annex VIII requires a date of issue.
  • • Tell us what evidence you hold for Article 5. Until you do, the statement of conformity is left blank rather than guessed at, because what you hold decides what this declaration is allowed to say.

EU Declaration of Conformity

1 · Declaration number

—

2 · Manufacturer

—, —. No authorised representative appointed.

3 · Sole responsibility

This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer.

4 · Object of the declaration

— The declaration covers the entire packaging unit, including inks, adhesives and label.

5 · Statement of conformity

This draft makes no claim of conformity yet. Record what you hold for Article 5 (substances of concern, including the Annex II heavy-metal limits and the PFAS limits for food-contact packaging) and the statement of conformity will be written to match that evidence and no further. Until then this document must not be signed or issued.

6 · References

No harmonised standards or common specifications applied.

7 · Notified body

Not applicable: conformity assessed by internal production control (Annex VII, Module A).

8 · Signed for and on behalf of —

—, — — —, —

Retain this declaration and the technical documentation for 5 years after the packaging is last placed on the market (Article 15), and be ready to produce them within 10 days of a reasoned request.

Worth checking before you sign

  • • No markets selected, so the declaration can't state which languages it must be translated into (Article 39(2)).
  • • No technical documentation reference. Annex VII requires a technical file behind the declaration, producible within 10 days of a reasoned request.
  • • No batch or series identifier, so the packaging isn't traceable from the declaration (Annex VIII element 4).

General information, not legal advice. Check your obligations against Regulation (EU) 2025/40 and, where needed, qualified counsel.

This declaration has a shelf life

The recyclability grades and the sorting label aren't decided yet. When the delegated act lands, the wording in the declaration you just made may need to change. Leave your address and we'll tell you which line moved.

What this generator does differently

Most Declaration of Conformity templates you will find declare conformity with the whole of Articles 5 to 12 of Regulation (EU) 2025/40. That is a problem, because most of those requirements cannot yet be assessed. Recyclability waits on the Article 6(4) delegated act, harmonised labelling applies no earlier than August 2028, and recycled content and packaging minimisation from 2030. Signing a blanket declaration means putting your name to assessments nobody has done.

That labelling date is written as a floor on purpose. Article 12(1) applies 24 months after the labelling implementing acts enter into force, or 12 August 2028 — whichever is later. Those acts were themselves due in August 2026 and have not been adopted, so this can only move outwards. A template that tells you to plan an artwork run for August 2028 is stating a date the Commission has not set.

So this tool writes the statement the other way round: scoped to the requirements in force at your date of issue, and naming only what your evidence actually supports. Say you hold nothing for Article 5 and it refuses to call the draft signable.

The eight Annex VIII elements

A compliant declaration carries a unique number, the manufacturer’s name and address, a sole-responsibility statement, identification of the packaging allowing traceability, the statement of conformity, references to any standards applied, notified-body details (not applicable to packaging, which uses internal production control under Annex VII Module A) and a signature block with place, date, name and function. The generator emits all eight in order.

Languages, retention and the 10-day clock

Article 39(2) requires the declaration in the language or languages of every member state where the packaging is placed on the market, so picking your markets fills that in for you (Belgium needs three, Cyprus needs Greek and Turkish). Keep the declaration and the technical file for 5 years for single-use packaging, 10 for reusable, and be ready to hand them to a market-surveillance authority within 10 days of a reasoned request.

The wording follows the Commission’s guidance document and FAQ. For the reasoning behind each element, and a fully worked example, read the Declaration of Conformity guide.

Nothing is stored

The declaration is assembled in your browser. There is no account, no email gate and no server round-trip, so your packaging details and your signatory’s name never reach us. Copy the text or save it as a PDF and it is yours. The only thing that can ever reach us from this page is an email address, and only if you choose to leave one to be told when the rules change.

One declaration is easy. Two hundred is not.

VerdLynx drafts Annex VIII declarations from your SKU data, blocks signing until the substance check passes, keeps them updated as requirements phase in, and gives importers a workflow to collect suppliers’ declarations.

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