{"id":9004,"date":"2026-09-16T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/?p=9004"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T08:03:39","slug":"greenwashing-directive-new-guidance-on-the-management-of-existing-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/sector-chemical-compliance\/greenwashing-directive-new-guidance-on-the-management-of-existing-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGreenwashing\u201d Directive: New Guidance on the Management of Existing Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x1yc453h x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">On 27 August 2026, the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) issued a circular providing further guidance on the application of Legislative Decree of 20 February 2026, which transposes EU Directive 2024\/825 on environmental claims and Greenwashing, with particular reference to the management of existing stock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">The new provisions will apply from <strong class=\"x1s688f\">27 September 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">For durable goods already produced or placed on the market before this date, packaging adjustments may, indicatively, be made within a <strong class=\"x1s688f\">six-month period<\/strong>, while the necessary corrective measures must nevertheless be implemented from 27 September, for example with regard to promotional materials, labels, points of sale and online channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">Companies must also be able to <strong class=\"x1s688f\">document that the products were manufactured or placed on the market before 27 September 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x1yc453h x1hpqcdg x1ekroe6 xutxfr x1fie51u xgyxj25 xkyrhof x1elgs31 x1fv8qjw x1tbvfm1 xb72syl x1iew0xx x1c2l018 x14l7nz5 xuw7688 x1pjt2rx x160d6zm xrxpjvj\" dir=\"ltr\">For perishable goods, no specific deadline is provided, given the presumed faster depletion of existing stock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 27 August 2026, the Italian Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy (MIMIT) issued a circular providing further guidance on the application of Legislative Decree of 20 February 2026, which transposes EU Directive 2024\/825 on environmental claims and Greenwashing, with particular reference to the management of existing stock. The new provisions will apply from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8301,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sector-chemical-compliance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9005,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9004\/revisions\/9005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ceprasrl.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}