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Packaging EPR in Austria
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Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 4 open questions
- Register
- EDM — Elektronisches Datenmanagement (federal register); VKS runs the Anfallstellenregister and the checks
- Authority
- BMLUK / Umweltbundesamt (EDM); Verpackungskoordinierungsstelle (VKS) for control
- Law
- Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002 (AWG); Verpackungsverordnung (VerpackVO), §§ 16a–16eregistration in EDM plus licensing through an authorised collection and recovery system (SVS, e.g. ARA). Austria is adapting its packaging law to the PPWR, so check the current requirement with your system operator.
- Who registers
- Whoever first places packaging on that market, foreign sellers included
- Authorised representative
- Only for distance selling to consumersBevollmächtigter with a seat in Austria — required since 1 Jan 2023 (§ 16b VerpackVO) for distance sellers with no seat or establishment in Austria selling to PRIVATE end consumers. For sales to Austrian businesses it is not generally required. Any reliable Austrian natural or legal person may act — you are not tied to the system operator’s partner.
- Also required
- Licensing through a collection and recovery system
- Household packaging schemes
- ARA Altstoff Recycling Austria AG; Bonus Holsystem Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG; Interzero Austria GmbH; Reclay UFH; European Recycling Platform (ERP) Austria GmbH; Austria Glas Recycling GmbH
- Industrial packaging schemes
- ARA Altstoff Recycling Austria AG; Bonus Holsystem Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co KG; Interzero Austria GmbH; Reclay UFH; European Recycling Platform (ERP) Austria GmbH; Austria Glas Recycling GmbH; GUT Galle Umwelttechnik GmbH
What is not settled
- Authority The authority contradicts itself\ud83d\udd34 THE AUTHORITY CONTRADICTS ITSELF. Our row names BMLUK and the Umweltbundesamt for EDM, with VKS for control. EUNR names the Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure (BMIMI) as Austria's participating body.
- Reporting Not established at sourceThe reporting cadence is not established at source.
- Penalties Not established at sourceFine ranges circulating in commercial guides (from EUR 450 per case, higher for serious breaches) were not read in \u00a7 79 of the Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz itself, so no figure is stated here.
- Authorised representative Sources disagreeThe authorised-representative duty is under review. On 10 December 2025 the Commission published COM(2025) 982, part of the Omnibus VIII environmental simplification package, whose Article 2 would suspend Art. 45(3) until 1 January 2035; COM(2025) 983 proposes the same for the Single-Use Plastics Directive. The suspension as drafted covers producers ESTABLISHED IN THE UNION selling cross-border directly to end users. Producers established in third countries are not covered — member states may still require a representative or ensure traceability by other means. European Parliament committee reports of May 2026 would narrow the relief to micro and small enterprises. PROPOSAL, AND NOW LARGELY STOPPED: on 24 June 2026 the Council decided not to proceed with the suspension, opposed by a large majority of member states. A Parliament committee vote is expected around October 2026, and even the Parliament's narrower approach would keep the framework for producers outside the EU. Article 45(3) applies as written today, and for a producer established in a third country nothing in this proposal ever applied.
The same in every EU country
- PPWR Art. 44 — registration is a precondition for placing packaging on that market
- PPWR Art. 45(3) — a producer under Art. 3(1)(15)(c)/(d), i.e. one making packaging available in another Member State DIRECTLY TO END USERS, must appoint an authorised representative there. From 12 Aug 2026.
- set nationally, Art. 68; national rules due by 12 Feb 2027
- Art. 44(14) implementing act still pending; central EU register not before 1 Jan 2029
Sources
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