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Packaging EPR in Cyprus
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Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 4 open questions
- Register
- producer registers kept by the Department of Environment — no single register brand; compliance sits behind a licensed collective system
- Authority
- Department of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (MARDE)
- Law
- Packaging and Packaging Waste Act N. 32(I)/2002; Waste Law L.185(I)/2011Cyprus is the LAST EU country where the Green Dot logo is effectively mandatory for members of the Green Dot Cyprus system. Producers either join a collective system or set up a Department-approved individual recovery system; Green Dot covers household AND commercial/industrial packaging. Packaging EPR has run since 2002 — the oldest stream on the island.
- Who registers
- You register yourself in the national system
- Threshold
- 2 t a yearcompanies placing under 2 tonnes a year are reported to have a REDUCED duty — reporting only, without having to meet recovery and recycling targets. Registration and reporting still apply.
- Reporting
- Annually, by 29 FebruaryGreen Dot Cyprus AUDITS its members: about 20 companies a year are picked at the start of the year and audited by certified auditors through the year, to verify the declarations. Most producers report through their scheme, not directly to the Department; direct reporting to MARDE applies only to holders of a waste management permit or an individual system.
- Also required
- A collective system, or an approved individual one
- Household packaging schemes
- Green Dot Cyprus
- Industrial packaging schemes
- Green Dot Cyprus
What is not settled
- Threshold Not established at sourceThe 2-tonne reduced-duty line comes from industry sources (EXPRA and an adviser), not from the Cypriot act read at source.
- Reporting Sources disagreeGreen Dot Cyprus states an annual member deadline of 29 February; another guide states no producer-facing deadline is published. The 29 February date is the scheme's, not the Department's.
- Authorised representative Not established at sourceNo authorised-representative route was found on the Department of Environment or Green Dot Cyprus pages read. Compliance runs through a licensed collective system, which may make the question moot in practice \u2014 but that is not confirmed.
- 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.
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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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