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Packaging EPR in the Netherlands
A national PPWR producer register does not exist yet; Verpact expects it from 12 Aug 2027. The 50 000 kg regime applies meanwhile.
Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 2 open questions
- Register
- Verpact (UPV); national PPWR producer register not yet live
- Authority
- Verpact — Ministerie I&W for the coming producer register
- Law
- Besluit beheer verpakkingen 2014PPWR producer register expected from 12 Aug 2027; first reporting year ~2028, declared before 1 Jun 2029 — Verpact expectation, not yet fixed in Dutch law
- Who registers
- Whoever first places packaging on that market, foreign sellers included
- Threshold
- 50,000 kg a calendar yearall materials combined; below it no declaration and no fee. Does NOT apply to single-use plastics. Expected to disappear; simplified declaration below 10 000 kg.
- Authorised representative
- Only where you are above the thresholdgemachtigd vertegenwoordiger — Verpact states an EU company that need not register also needs no representative
- Reporting
- Annual declarationunder PPWR all packaging is in scope — primary, secondary, transport and e-commerce, incl. wood and industrial transport packaging
- Household packaging schemes
- Verpact (formerly Stichting Afvalfonds Verpakkingen or 'Packaging Waste Fund')
- Industrial packaging schemes
- Verpact (formerly Stichting Afvalfonds Verpakkingen or 'Packaging Waste Fund')
What is not settled
- Register No register yetThe national PPWR producer register does not exist yet. Verpact expects it from 12 Aug 2027, first reporting year around 2028. Until then the 50 000 kg regime applies.
- 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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