Regulatory changelog: what changed in the datasets, and when.

2026-08-29 — wording and citation corrections (dataset v2026-08-01 unchanged)

These entries correct how the published pages state the law. No figure, date or rate in assets/data.js or assets/data-fi.js moved, so DATASET_VERSION stays at v2026-08-01 and no generated document changes its stamp. Every EU entry was re-read against the Official Journal text of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on 2026-08-29.

• 2026-08-29 · FI · producer definition, service and primary-production packaging · "from 12 August 2026 the definition of producer widens to transport, service and primary-production packaging" → "the producer of service and primary-production packaging has been the manufacturer or importer of that packaging since 1 January 2024, under jätelaki 646/2011 § 48" · ELY Centres
• 2026-08-29 · FI · producer definition, transport packaging · "from 12 August 2026 the definition of producer widens to transport, service and primary-production packaging" → "from 12 August 2026 producer responsibility for transport packaging moves from the packer to the packaging manufacturer or importer, under PPWR Art 3(1)(15)" · Lupa- ja valvontavirasto
• 2026-08-29 · FI · producer gate · "the threshold is evaluated by date, so the rule that answers is the one in force today" → "the gate is professional operation; the EUR 1 000 000 turnover threshold was removed with effect from 1 January 2024, and the ELY Centres treat an operator established in Finland that is not liable for VAT as not acting professionally" · ELY Centres
• 2026-08-29 · FI · producer gate, what the VAT test proves · "an operator established in Finland that is not liable for VAT is not acting professionally, so a company that registered for VAT voluntarily is inside" → "an operator established in Finland that is not liable for VAT is not acting professionally. The test does not run backwards: being liable for VAT is not on its own proof that you act professionally". The ELY release states only the negative test ("Mikäli Suomeen sijoittunut toimija ei ole arvonlisäverovelvollinen, toimintaa ei katsota ammattimaiseksi, eikä se ole tuottajavastuussa"); the converse was not theirs to state · ELY Centres
• 2026-08-29 · FI · dated threshold history, as described on the page · "the EUR 1,000,000 turnover rule up to the end of 2023, professional operation on its own after it" → "beverage packaging alone until May 2015, the EUR 1,000,000 turnover threshold on top of professional operation until the end of 2023, and after that the VAT registration limit as the practical test, EUR 15,000 in 2024 and EUR 20,000 from 2025". The panel now describes the periods the app actually evaluates in FI_THRESHOLD_HISTORY. ALV 1501/1993 § 3 currently reads "Myyjä ei ole verovelvollinen, jos kuluvan kalenterivuoden ja sitä edeltäneen kalenterivuoden liikevaihto on enintään 20 000 euroa, ellei häntä ole oman ilmoituksensa perusteella merkitty verovelvolliseksi"; the EUR 15,000 figure for 2024 is the then-current wording of the same section and is carried by the dated table, not re-verified here · Jätelaki 646/2011, ALV 1501/1993 § 3
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 12(1) harmonised label, start date · "until the harmonised Art 12 labelling arrives in 2028" → "from 12 August 2028 or 24 months from the entry into force of the implementing acts adopted under Art 12(6) or (7), whichever is the latest" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Decision 97/129/EC, status · not stated → "repealed with effect from 12 August 2028 (PPWR Art 70(2)), which need not fall on the same day as the Art 12 label start" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 5(5)(c) total fluorine, who owes the evidence · "total fluorine trigger, EOF confirmation, then the three targeted limits" → "where total fluorine exceeds 50 mg/kg, the manufacturer, importer or downstream user as defined in REACH must on request give the packaging manufacturer or importer proof of how much of that fluorine is PFAS" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 15(5) pack identification · "or in an accompanying document where the pack is too small" → "or that information in a document accompanying the packaged product, where the size or nature of the packaging does not so allow (Art 15(5))" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 5 limit values, inclusive or exclusive · not stated → "the three PFAS limits in Art 5(5) bind at a concentration equal to or above the value; the Art 5(4) heavy-metals sum shall not exceed 100 mg/kg and the 50 mg/kg total-fluorine trigger has to be exceeded" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 5(4) citation · "Art 5" → "Art 5(4)" — the 100 mg/kg lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium sum is in paragraph 4, which paragraphs 7 and 8 both refer back to as "paragraph 4 of this Article" · Regulation (EU) 2025/40
• 2026-08-29 · EU · Art 39(2) citation · "Art 39" → "Art 39(2)" — the duty to draw up the EU declaration of conformity in, or translate it into, the languages the Member State of placing requires is in paragraph 2 · Regulation (EU) 2025/40

v2026-08-01 — baseline

• 2026-08-01 · ALL · Initial dataset compiled from public legislation and price lists (PPWR 2025/40, SUPD 2019/904, Decision 97/129/EC, jätelaki 646/2011, VNA 1029/2021, Rinki/Sumi 2025-2026 price lists, Palpa terms). Baseline — subsequent entries record deltas only.