u/Alinacina

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On behalf of micro-businesses everywhere, there is now an Open Letter Campaign adressing the EU Commission to work towards solutions for sellers affected by the current PPWR regulations.

If you have a small business anywhere in the world and want to join, you can find all the instructions here:

PPWR Open Letter Campaign

There will be a PPWR review meeting in October, so this is our chance to get this topic as much attention as possible, to inform fellow artists and business owners, and to make sure our voices will be heard.

In addition, you might want to check the European Micro Enterprises Movement which is also behind the petition to protect micro-businesses from the regulations & has useful links regarding other means we have to officially take our cause to the EU commission, like the official Have Your Say initiative

On behalf of micro-businesses everywhere, there is now an Open Letter Campaign adressing the EU Commission to work towards solutions for sellers affected by the current PPWR regulations.

If you have a small business anywhere in the world and want to join, you can find all the instructions here:

PPWR Open Letter Campaign

There will be a PPWR review meeting in October, so this is our chance to get this topic as much attention as possible, to inform fellow artists and business owners, and to make sure our voices will be heard.

In addition, you might want to check the European Micro Enterprises Movement which is also behind the petition to protect micro-businesses from the regulations & has useful links regarding other means we have to officially take our cause to the EU commission, like the official Have Your Say initiative

The current PPWR regulations make shipping to and within the EU financially almost impossible for micro-businesses with annual fees and having to hire a representative in each EU country you want to ship to.

Please find here compiled all the options we currently have to demand a single EU register or exemption / a more just system for small businesses and micro sellers:

\- The EU commission is collecting feedback on the new packaging register rules until September 10th, 2026. Make your voice heard:

[EU Commission PPWR feedback ](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers_en)

(You can also select to leave feedback as a non-EU citizen!)

\- As EU citizen, you u can directly e-mail Parliament members. Find your local MEPs and their contact information on the official European Parliament directory:

[EU Parliament directory ](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search/advanced)

Select your country in the "Country" filter

Look for MEPs sitting in these committees:

• ENVI (Environment, Public Health & Food Safety)

• IMCO (Internal Market & Consumer Protection) - very important for cross-border trade!

• ITRE (Industry & Micro-enterprises)

It's doesn't need to be a fancy or elaborate e-mail, state your case, keep it simple.

\- the European Crafts Alliance is now collecting data on how the PPWR impacts independent makers & micro-businesses, you might want to fill out the survey:

[ECA impact survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4UEfB0FpPbw1zetViYlj6b1PbShUNl6OC5e9NV1Ki8Rwnzg/viewform)

\- Last but not least, you can sign growing petition which also contains some useful links and updates on the situation:

[Petition ](https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?sign_confirm_error=failed_token)

(An official PETI (EU Petitions Committee) has been submitted as well by the same person on August 5th, but the process of assigning a petition number will take its time, so in the meantime, this is what we can use).

Please feel free to add any further options we might have and spread the word to make our voices heard

The current PPWR regulations make shipping to and within the EU financially almost impossible for micro-businesses with annual fees and having to hire a representative in each EU country you want to ship to.

Please find here compiled all the options we currently have to demand a single EU register or exemption / a more just system for small businesses and micro sellers:

\- The EU commission is collecting feedback on the new packaging register rules until September 10th, 2026. Make your voice heard:

[EU Commission PPWR feedback](https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15352-Packaging-and-packaging-waste-rules-on-national-registers-of-producers\_en)

(You can also select to leave feedback as a non-EU citizen!)

\- As EU citizen, you u can directly e-mail Parliament members. Find your local MEPs and their contact information on the official European Parliament directory:

[EU Parliament directory](https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search/advanced)

Select your country in the "Country" filter

Look for MEPs sitting in these committees:

\- ENVI (Environment, Public Health & Food Safety)

\- IMCO (Internal Market & Consumer Protection) - very important for cross-border trade!

\- ITRE (Industry & Micro-enterprises)

It's doesn't need to be a fancy or elaborate e-mail, state your case, keep it simple.

\- the European Crafts Alliance is now collecting data on how the PPWR impacts independent makers & micro-businesses, you might want to fill out the survey:

[EAC impact survey](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4UEfB0FpPbw1zetViYlj6b1PbShUNl6OC5e9NV1Ki8Rwnzg/viewform)

\- Last but not least, you can sign growing petition which also contains some useful links and updates on the situation: [Petition ](https://www.change.org/p/stop-destroying-eu-micro-businesses-immediate-moratorium-on-cross-border-epr-fees?source\_location=promote\_thank\_you\_page)

(An official PETI (EU Petitions Committee) has been submitted as well by the same person on August 5th, but the process of assigning a petition number will take its time, so in the meantime, this is what we can use).

Please feel free to add any further options we might have and spread the word! (Not only about how to fight this but to inform artists that this madness exists, many are still not aware)

The current PPWR regulations make shipping to and within the EU financially almost impossible for micro-businesses with annual fees and having to hire a representative in each EU country you want to ship to.

Please find here compiled all the options we currently have to demand a single EU register or exemption / a more just system for small businesses and micro sellers:

- The EU commission is collecting feedback on the new packaging register rules until September 10th, 2026. Make your voice heard:

EU Commission PPWR feedback

(You can also select to leave feedback as a non-EU citizen!)

- As EU citizen, you u can directly e-mail Parliament members. Find your local MEPs and their contact information on the official European Parliament directory:

EU Parliament directory

Select your country in the "Country" filter

Look for MEPs sitting in these committees:

- ENVI (Environment, Public Health & Food Safety)

- IMCO (Internal Market & Consumer Protection) - very important for cross-border trade!

- ITRE (Industry & Micro-enterprises)

It's doesn't need to be a fancy or elaborate e-mail, state your case, keep it simple.

- the European Crafts Alliance is now collecting data on how the PPWR impacts independent makers & micro-businesses, you might want to fill out the survey:

EAC impact survey

- Last but not least, you can sign growing petition which also contains some useful links and updates on the situation:

Petition

(An official PETI (EU Petitions Committee) has been submitted as well by the same person on August 5th, but the process of assigning a petition number will take its time, so in the meantime, this is what we can use).

Edit: further input from comments:

• There is an open letter campaign in the making on Threads: Open letter (thanks u/tataniarosa)

-Artisian Founder is conducting a survey on how PPWR is affecting UK artisian business, you can fill it out if affected: PPWR UK survey

Please feel free to add any further options we might have and spread the word