Where is the company established?
A separately incorporated EU subsidiary is not the same as a branch or VAT registration.
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Check your PPWR and EPR position when selling into the EU for free.
Tell us where the selling company is established, which EU countries you sell to and how the transaction actually works. You do not need to know the legal terminology. The assessment uses those commercial facts to indicate the likely EPR Producer route, which country obligations need verification and your next three steps. It is not legal advice; it is a verifiable working plan.
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In short
“I export from outside the EU” does not by itself determine your PPWR/EPR role.
What matters is which legal entity sells, the EU country the product reaches, whether the customer is the final user or an independent importer/distributor, and who first makes the packaged product available in that country. Own-brand, marketplace and dropshipping facts complete the picture.
Describe your sales model
We will derive the legal route.
If you use more than one sales model, choose the dominant route or the mixed option. The result is only as precise as the information you provide.
Define your business and transaction route
This form does not submit an official application, send data to an authority or create a client contract.
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Where is the company making the sale established?
Use the legal entity that accepts the order and issues the invoice.
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Which EU countries receive your packaged products?
Select every destination where the product is shipped or the final customer is located.
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How do you sell to the EU customer?
Choose the actual commercial route, not a legal label.
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Is the product or packaging sold under your own name or brand?
This can affect the technical PPWR role; it does not determine the EPR Producer by itself.
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Where is the product physically dispatched from?
Stock location does not determine the legal role by itself, but it helps establish the transaction route.
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Is there an independent importer or distributor in the EU buying the goods in its own name?
A carrier or customs broker is not automatically an independent commercial importer.
The result is generated only from your inputs. Registration, PRO/system participation, representation, tariffs and deadlines must be verified separately in the relevant national source.
Why do we ask these questions?
The real transaction — not your label — determines the legal route.
Final user or independent importer?
Direct-to-consumer sales and B2B sales to an independent EU distributor may not create the same Producer route.
Which Member State receives the product?
PPWR is a common framework, while packaging-EPR operations are still checked country by country.
Frequently asked questions
What does the assessment tell you — and what does it not tell you?
Is this result legal advice or an official decision?
No. It is an operational preliminary assessment generated from the commercial facts you provide. Final Producer status and national obligations must be verified against the actual transaction, contractual structure and current official sources.
Can I be the EPR Producer if I sell directly from Türkiye to an EU consumer?
Yes. The PPWR Producer definition includes cross-border routes in which a business established in a third country can make packaging or packaged products available for the first time directly to a final user in another Member State.
Does selling under my own brand automatically make me the EPR Producer?
No. Your name or brand may matter to the technical PPWR manufacturer analysis, while EPR Producer status is determined separately through the destination country and the actual sale / placing-on-the-market route.
Does selling through Amazon or Etsy change the legal result?
A marketplace is part of the sales channel. First determine the actual Producer and national EPR obligation. A marketplace request for a registration number or other evidence does not replace the underlying national compliance.
Does an EU warehouse or VAT number automatically make my company EU-established?
Not automatically. Commission guidance distinguishes a separately incorporated EU company from a branch or tax registration. The real legal-entity structure must be checked.
Regulatory logic last reviewed: 31 August 2026 This assessment produces general scope/triage using Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Article 3(1)(15), Article 44 and Article 45 together with Commission Guidance dated 10 June 2026. Country-specific registration, PRO/EPR system, EPR Authorised Representative, tariff, tax and deadline results must be verified separately in the relevant national source. Regulation (EU) 2025/40 ↗ · Commission Guidance C/2026/3084 ↗