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On 23-09-2025, the Swedish EU Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, Jessika Roswall, proposed to postpone the start of the application of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) by one year. This would be the second postponement, after the EU bodies had already decided to postpone the application of the EUDR in 2024. According to the current proposal by…

EPAL and the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP) jointly organised the BRAPS Forum 2025 in Ingolstadt on 23 September 2025. EPAL and the CFLP Pallet Professional Committee have been working together on the Belt and Road Action of Pallet Sharing (BRAPS) project for several years and have been organising the BRAPS Forum, an annual conference for the pallet and logistics industry, since…

The European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) has published information on the provisions of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and explains that the EUDR does not impose any obligations or additional costs on users of EPAL pallets. In its letter, EPAL confirms that the regulation has no impact on the logistics processes of goods suppliers and recipients or on the exchange of EPAL pallets.

At the EPAL general meeting in Budapest, the presidents were confirmed in their positions. Dirk Hoferer (EPAL Germany) and Jarek Maciążek (EPAL Poland) were unanimously re-elected. As in their first term of office, they will serve jointly as co-presidents. The other members of the EPAL International Executive Board were also re-elected. The term of office for all members of the Executive Board is…

On 25 July 2025, the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) published the first version of the declaration on the conformity of EPAL Euro pallets with the provisions of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). With the PPWR Declaration of Conformity, EPAL confirms that EPAL Euro pallets are reusable packaging that meets the requirements of the PPWR.

The Board of the European Pallet Association e.V. (EPAL) officially launched the new EPAL Pallet app on 20 March 2025. The EPAL Pallet app is a web-based software application which simplifies pallet management and facilitates goods and pallet tracking.

The EPAL Board met on 05 December 2024 for its fourth and final meeting in 2024, which traditionally takes place at EPAL's headquarters in Düsseldorf.

EPAL has been present in China for many years and has seen steady growth in the number of licensees and the number of EPAL pallets produced in China.