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Packaging EPR in Croatia
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Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 4 open questions
- Register
- Registar proizvođača s proširenom odgovornošću (RPPO), run by the Fund
- Authority
- Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost (FZOEU)
- Law
- Pravilnik o ambalaži i otpadnoj ambalaži, plastičnim proizvodima za jednokratnu uporabu i ribolovnom alatu koji sadržava plastiku (NN 137/23)STATE FUND MODEL, not competing PROs: producers pay the fees straight to the Fund when placing packed products on the Croatian market — a waste-management fee, plus a deposit fee for beverage packaging in glass, PET, steel and aluminium from 0.2 to 3 litres. There is no PRO to join.
- Who registers
- You register yourself in the national system
- Reporting
- Annually, by 20 Januarythe reporting period CHANGED mid-2026. Until 30 Jun 2026 data went in monthly. For 1 Jul – 31 Dec 2026 it is filed as one combined period, due 20 Jan 2027. From 1 Jan 2027 it is a full calendar year, due 20 January for the previous year. Reusable packaging was already annual on that date. ⚠️ a beverage producer in the deposit system must file to the RPPO at least 14 days BEFORE placing the drink on the market, then send a sample packaging unit to the Fund.
- Also required
- Fees paid straight to the state fund
- Household packaging schemes
- NA
- Industrial packaging schemes
- NA
What is not settled
- Register The authority contradicts itselfTHE AUTHORITY CONTRADICTS ITSELF. The Fund publishes instructions for filing data 'until the RPPO register begins operating', while other Fund pages describe filing through the RPPO already. Which applies to packaging today is not settled.
- Authorised representative Not established at sourceNo authorised-representative route for foreign producers was found on the Fund pages read.
- Threshold Not established at sourceNo de-minimis threshold was found at source.
- 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
Countries with the same answer
We do not register you, we are not your authorised representative, and we do not pay a scheme. This is public information gathered in one place and checked on the date shown. Confirm with the national authority before acting.
Tarafex
The number these registers ask for is kilograms by material for one year of deliveries. If your shipments are recorded as they go out, that number already exists.
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