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Packaging EPR in Romania
A national producer register exists under Romanian law, but on the eve of PPWR application no complete national mechanism had been published — not the PPWR producer register, the split of competent authorities, the supervision of the organisations, nor the penalty regime.
Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 4 open questions
- Register
- Registrul producătorilor, run by AFM
- Authority
- Administrația Fondului pentru Mediu (AFM); Garda Națională de Mediu enforces
- Law
- Legea nr. 249/2015; OUG 92/2021; Legea 196/2005registration in the AFM producer register comes FIRST — without it a company has no legal right to place packaging on the Romanian market. ⚠️ a company that MAKES packaging to sell to third parties does not file the declaration; the duty sits with whoever first places the PACKED product on the market, including intra-EU acquisition.
- Who registers
- You register yourself in the national system
- Reporting
- Monthly declaration, annual paymentdeclarations are filed through the AFM e-Tax platform, broken down by material and by packaging level (primary, secondary, tertiary). Two ways to discharge the duty: pay a contribution to AFM, or transfer the responsibility to an authorised OIREP — and the two are not equivalent in mechanism or in practice. 🔴 recycling targets apply to what you DECLARED as placed on the market, not to what is actually collected; missing them costs a contribution per kilogram of unrecycled packaging.
- Also required
- An OIREP, or the contribution to AFM
- Household packaging schemes
- CLEAN RECYCLE; ECO SYNERGY; ECOLOGIC 3R AMBALAJE; ECOREP GROUP; ECO – ROM AMBALAJE; ECO-X; ENVIRO PACK CONSULT; FEPRA EPR; FINANCIAR RECYCLING; GREEN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; GREENPOINT MANAGEMENT; MARATHON EPR GROUP; PARTSLIFE PACKAGING DISPOSAL SERVICE ROMANIA; RECICLAD' OR.
- Industrial packaging schemes
- CLEAN RECYCLE; ECO SYNERGY; ECOLOGIC 3R AMBALAJE; ECOREP GROUP; ECO – ROM AMBALAJE; ECO-X; ENVIRO PACK CONSULT; FEPRA EPR; FINANCIAR RECYCLING; GREEN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; GREENPOINT MANAGEMENT; MARATHON EPR GROUP; PARTSLIFE PACKAGING DISPOSAL SERVICE ROMANIA; RECICLAD' OR.
What is not settled
- Register Not established at sourceOn the eve of PPWR application a Romanian environmental outlet reported that no complete national mechanism had been published: producer register, competent authorities, division of duties, supervision of the organisations and the penalty regime were all still missing in coherent form.
- Reporting Sources disagreeFiling frequency is stated as monthly by some sources and as monthly or quarterly depending on volume by others.
- Authorised representative Not established at sourceThat a producer not established in Romania must appoint an authorised representative is stated as the PPWR rule rather than from a Romanian instrument.
- 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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