Topics

Topics — packaging compliant in every country where you deliver

What is your situation?

Choose the situation that matches your business. Each topic answers one question, with the location in the regulation included.

Does this apply to me?

• What is the PPWR and when does it apply?
• Am I a manufacturer if I pack my own boxes?
• Does the PPWR also apply to a sole trader or small web shop?
• Do I need to register if I only supply to resellers?
• What are the obligations of a fulfilment service provider under the PPWR?
• do I need to register if I sell from China or the UK to European customers
• am I responsible for the packaging if I only put my brand on it
• who must register the packaging if I do dropshipping
• do I need to register separately in each country if I have multiple locations
• am I responsible myself or is bol.com if I sell through them
• do I need to register packaging for free samples as well

Register per country

• Do I need to register with Verpact as a small web shop?
• Do I need to register in LUCID as a Dutch web shop supplying to Germany?
• When do I need an authorised representative in another EU country?
• What happens if I don't register for packaging?
• Why does bol or Amazon block my account for packaging?
• In which EU countries must I register my packaging?
• what are the requirements to register packaging in France
• how do I register my packaging if I sell to Belgium
• which registration authority do you have per European country
• how do I calculate the weight per material for my registration
• how do I stop my registration if I no longer supply to that country
• how do I register my company with Verpact step by step
• I am now also going to supply to Spain what do I need to arrange now

The packaging itself

• What must a PPWR compliance declaration contain?
• What documentation must I keep for a package and how long?
• Must my company name be on the packaging?
• Which substances are no longer permitted in packaging?
• What is the difference between sales packaging and transport packaging?
• What data must I request from my packaging supplier?
• from when must my packaging be recyclable by law
• which types of packaging will no longer be permitted in the future
• must I switch to reusable packaging by law
• how do I determine if my box is too large or too heavy
• do I need to have my packaging tested before I use it

What's coming next

• When does the 50,000 kg threshold disappear in the Netherlands?
• When must I use the new packaging label?
• What changes in 2030 for transport packaging?
• When must I submit my packaging return?
• what percentage of recycled plastic must be mandatory in my packaging
• do I have to charge a deposit on my packaging in the future