Does this apply to my shipping box too?
Likely yes. Since 12 August 2026, the European Packaging Regulation applies, and the guidelines make the filler the producer: if you pack yourself, you are the producer of that box. What is then expected of you varies by country — and that is where the work lies.
Free, no account needed, with the source in the regulation for each answer.
What online shops say about this
"We only sell in the Netherlands and are below the threshold"
Then you indeed don't yet need to register with Verpact. Two things to note: that 50,000 kg threshold is expected to expire from August 2027 onwards, and it applies only in the Netherlands. One package to a German customer makes you a producer there from that package onwards.
What applies to me? →"We just buy boxes, we don't make anything"
The Commission's guidelines are clear on this: for sales and grouped packaging, the filler is the producer. Whoever packs themselves is the producer of that shipping package — with a declaration of conformity and a technical file kept for five years.
Am I a producer? →"Surely we'll get a letter if something is wrong"
Not under this regulation. Packages from an unregistered producer may not be sold, and marketplaces monitor this — in Germany for years already. The first to notice is usually not an inspector but a blocked sales account.
What happens then →Why you can check us
Under each topic it says where it comes from: the article or annex from Regulation (EU) 2025/40 itself, and where it explains the guidelines from the Commission. We call them that — guidelines, not law, because that is the distinction that matters. For each country the date is shown when we last checked the register.
The texts are written with AI based on these sources, go through a technical review that places every claim next to its source, and are approved by a person before they appear. See how we work.
What this is not: we never become an extended producer responsibility organisation ourselves and don't collect contributions — we guide you to the national registers. We don't give legal judgment in borderline cases about roles; we cite the guidelines and refer you on. And we don't advise which box you should buy. For a judgment on your own situation, go to a lawyer or to the register itself.
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