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EPAL supports the proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and the associated objectives. At the same time, EPAL is pushing for a change in the regulations on the recycling of packaging in order to avoid disadvantages for wooden packaging such as EPAL pallets.

On 20.10.2023 (9.00-12.00) the BRAPS Forum 2023 will take place as a virtual conference.

BRAPS (Belt and road Action of Pallet Sharing) is the joint project of EPAL and the Chinese logistics association CFLP to promote the use of standardised pallets in the movement of goods between Asia and Europe.

On 30 June 2023, EPAL's annual general assembly took place in Amsterdam. The day before, 29 June 2023, the EPAL Board had already analysed the first half of 2023 and planned EPAL's activities for the second half of 2023. Both meetings focused on EPAL's strategy and development, taking into account the current market situation and the requirements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation…

EPAL's international quality assurance is not only carried out in the production and repair of EPAL pallets by EPAL's licensees, but also fights the supply and delivery of counterfeit pallets, which are currently being offered by traders as "2nd class pallets". These pallets not only have quality defects, but there is also an urgent suspicion that illegal wood is being used in the process.

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The success story of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) continued in 2022. Following the milestone of producing more than 100 million new EPAL Euro pallets for the first time in a calendar year in 2021, EPAL has increased production to a new record of 109.05 million EPAL Euro pallets. This represents a growth of 7.55 % or 7.65 million EPAL Euro pallets year on year.

The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) held its first Board meeting of 2023 in Prague on 16 March 2023.

The EPAL Board met in Prague at the invitation of EPAL Czech and Slovak Republics and summarised developments in the EPAL Euro pallet pool in 2022. One of the other focal points of the Board meeting was the significance of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) for the future…

The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) and Bureau Veritas celebrate the 10th anniversary of their cooperation. Since 2013, Bureau Veritas has been in charge of quality assurance of EPAL pallets and has performed more than 250,000 inspections during this time. Due to the success of the cooperation, EPAL and Bureau Veritas have agreed to continue the joint quality assurance of the EPAL open…

Already by the end of November, more than 100 million new EPAL euro pallets have been produced in 2022. The record result of the year 2021 will once again be clearly exceeded again in 2022.