# Luxembourg EPR Authorized Representative & Packaging EPR | PPWR 2026

> Luxembourg already has an operating packaging-EPR route through AEV and the currently sole approved organisation Valorlux. Keep the national ‘responsable d’emballages’, PPWR Producer, Article 45 EPR representative and future Article 44 register alignment as separate legal layers.

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Regulatory review: 2026-09-05

## Luxembourg in 30 seconds

- **PPWR status:** APPLIES · 12 AUG 2026
- **AEV:** AUTHORITY REGISTER · OPERATIONAL
- **Valbase Online:** PRO PORTAL · OPERATIONAL
- **Approved organisation:** VALORLUX · CURRENTLY SOLE
- **Article 44 alignment:** TRANSITIONAL
- **EU direct-sale EPR AR:** CURRENT ART. 45(3)
- **Bill 8482:** IN COMMITTEE · NOT LAW
- **National beverage DRS:** NOT CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL
- **Valorlux annual report:** 28 FEBRUARY

## Who carries Luxembourg packaging responsibility?

Start with the transaction. Luxembourg’s current national liable-party concept and the PPWR Producer definition are related but not interchangeable. Determine who places the packaged goods on the Luxembourg market and who directly supplies the end user before selecting the AEV / Valorlux route.

### Foreign seller → Luxembourg end user

A business established outside Luxembourg that professionally sells packaged goods directly to Luxembourg household or professional end users can be the national packaging-responsible entity.

- Distance selling is expressly within the current national route.
- Then test PPWR Producer and Article 45 separately.

### Foreign supplier → Luxembourg importer / reseller

The first professional recipient in Luxembourg can carry the national packaging responsibility depending on the transaction. Valorlux also has a specific foreign-supplier mandate mechanism for certain customer obligations.

- The foreign-supplier mandate is contractual, not an Article 45 EPR AR.
- Double declaration must be prevented.

### Luxembourg-established business

A Luxembourg business that fills, imports or professionally sells packaged goods into the domestic market follows the national AEV / Valorlux route when it is the responsible entity.

- Private-label and own-brand facts still require transaction analysis.
- Membership evidence follows the obligated legal entity.

### Service packaging

Luxembourg separately addresses the professional producer or importer of service packaging intended for the Luxembourg market.

- Do not force ordinary household assumptions onto service packaging.
- Use the applicable Valorlux reporting line.

## Article 45 representation is not Valorlux membership and not a service-company proxy.

For covered EU-established cross-border Producers, PPWR Article 45(3) currently requires a written mandate to an EPR authorised representative established in Luxembourg. The proposal to suspend that rule remains ongoing and is not adopted law.

- **EU cross-border route:** For the covered Article 3(1)(15)(c)/(d) direct-sale route, Article 45(3) is the current binding reference.
- **Third-country route:** The reviewed current Luxembourg packaging sources do not justify a blanket statement that every third-country Producer already has a national packaging-AR procedure.
- **Foreign-supplier mandate:** Valorlux V.4 permits a specific mandate for a genuine foreign supplier. It is not the PPWR EPR representative role.
- **Service-company restriction:** Valorlux V.4 says Article 6 is limited to foreign suppliers; a service company may not join Valorlux on behalf of the responsible party.

Keep three mandates separate: PPWR Article 45 EPR authorised representative, PPWR Article 17 manufacturer authorised representative, and Valorlux’s foreign-supplier mandate. Beyoğlu coordinates the workflow without claiming a Luxembourg statutory status it does not hold.

- **Article 45(3):** CURRENT ARTICLE 45(3) EPR-AR ROUTE
- **2025/0395/COD:** COM(2025) 982 · ONGOING · NOT ADOPTED LAW

## Use today’s AEV / Valorlux registration evidence without inventing a final Article 44 number.

Valorlux states that when a business becomes a member it registers the company with the Luxembourg Environment Agency. AEV also operates registration and annual-report infrastructure. The Commission’s Article 44 register-format document remains a draft, so current national evidence must not be relabelled as the final PPWR register architecture.

- **CURRENT · AEV / Valorlux:** Operational national registration and approved-organisation relationship.
- **PORTAL · Valbase Online:** Member declarations, invoices and account management.
- **TRANSITION · PPWR Article 44:** Ares(2026)7688068 is a draft register-format act, not the final Luxembourg transition.

- **AEV:** AUTHORITY_REGISTER · OPERATIONAL
- **Valbase Online:** PRO_PORTAL · OPERATIONAL
- **PPWR Article 44:** ARTICLE44_ALIGNMENT · TRANSITIONAL
- **Commission draft:** Ares(2026)7688068 · 2026-08-06 · DRAFT / CONSULTATION · NOT FINAL COMMISSION POSITION

1. **Determine the responsible party** — Resolve the national liable party and PPWR Producer for the actual transaction.
2. **Join Valorlux where the collective route applies** — Use the legal entity that actually carries the packaging obligation.
3. **Retain AEV / membership evidence** — Keep the member record and authority-facing registration evidence.
4. **Activate Valbase and classify packaging** — Choose detailed, simplified or verified automatic reporting only where the actual Valorlux route permits it.
5. **Monitor Article 44 alignment** — Update the country file when Luxembourg publishes the final PPWR register transition and identifiers.

## Luxembourg currently has one approved packaging organisation: Valorlux.

Do not manufacture a PRO ranking. The operational choice is the correct packaging stream and reporting method, not a fake comparison between multiple organisations.

- **Valorlux:** Currently sole approved packaging organisation for the reviewed household, reusable and non-household routes.
- **Valbase Online:** Member portal for declarations, invoices and account management.
- **Foreign supplier:** Can assume certain industrial-customer obligations under the specific V.4 mandate route; supplier relationships can also support double-declaration control.
- **DigiDot:** Current Valorlux system marking functionality. It is not a PPWR registration number or authority certificate.

Bill 8482 and its 31 July 2026 government amendment remain pending. Do not use future individual-system options from that bill as if they were current law.

- **DigiDot:** V.4 defines the DigiDot QR code with the Green Dot logo and grants the contracting party a non-exclusive right to use it on covered household primary packaging. DigiDot is not a PPWR producer-registration number.

## Every Luxembourg euro needs a payee and a legal basis.

Valorlux contribution, any actual entry contribution, external representation, verified statutory amounts, VAT cash and Beyoğlu service revenue are separate layers.

- **VALORLUX · 2026 contribution:** Detailed €/kg or simplified €/unit/gram tariffs, or the verified Valbase automatic amount. Current annual minimum: €50.
- **ENTRY · Entry contribution:** V.4 permits an entry contribution up to 25% of annual contribution, but only the actual quoted/invoiced amount belongs in the calculator.
- **EXTERNAL · EPR AR / professional provider:** Provider quote where the legal route requires representation or other external work.
- **BEYOĞLU · Platform service:** €25 + VAT country activation and €1 + VAT per qualifying declared parcel. Regulatory funds are not Beyoğlu revenue.

### Official 2026 detailed tariff

- **Reusable closed-loop:** €0.0000/kg · excl. VAT
- **Glass:** €0.0203/kg · excl. VAT
- **Paper / cardboard >85%:** €0.0389/kg · excl. VAT
- **Beverage cartons:** €0.2810/kg · excl. VAT
- **Steel ≥50%:** €0.0396/kg · excl. VAT
- **Aluminium ≥50%:** €0.0151/kg · excl. VAT
- **PET bottles/flasks · clear:** €0.2498/kg · excl. VAT
- **PET bottles/flasks · dark blue/green:** €0.3739/kg · excl. VAT
- **PET bottles/flasks · other transparent colours:** €0.4857/kg · excl. VAT
- **PET bottles/flasks · opaque:** €0.4871/kg · excl. VAT
- **HDPE rigid:** €0.3058/kg · excl. VAT
- **PE film:** €0.7120/kg · excl. VAT
- **PP rigid:** €0.4279/kg · excl. VAT
- **PS rigid except EPS:** €0.4372/kg · excl. VAT
- **Other recoverable:** €1.3973/kg · excl. VAT
- **EPS:** €0.2094/kg · excl. VAT
- **Cork:** €0.2238/kg · excl. VAT
- **Dangerous-product packaging:** €1.7580/kg · excl. VAT
- **PET trays:** €0.7806/kg · excl. VAT
- **Other non-recoverable:** €1.4830/kg · excl. VAT
- **Industrial paper / cardboard:** €0.0145/kg · excl. VAT
- **Industrial plastic:** €0.0395/kg · excl. VAT
- **Industrial wood:** €0.0145/kg · excl. VAT
- **Industrial metal:** €0.0395/kg · excl. VAT

### Official 2026 simplified tariff

- **A01 · Sandwich spreads, jams and honey:** €0.006579 per unit
- **A02 · Vegetables and fruit:** €0.007426 per unit
- **A03 · Cake, pastry, bread and pasta:** €0.010143 per unit
- **A04 · Coffee, tea and instant drinks:** €0.007852 per unit
- **A05 · Oil and fats:** €0.010865 per unit
- **A06 · Sugar, sweets and chocolate:** €0.008584 per unit
- **A07 · Soups and prepared meals:** €0.013859 per unit
- **A08 · Sauces and seasoning:** €0.008213 per unit
- **A09 · Meat and fish:** €0.013928 per unit
- **A10 · Dairy products excl. drinks:** €0.007463 per unit
- **A11 · Other food products:** €0.011613 per unit
- **B01 · Beer:** €0.001816 per unit
- **B02 · Fruit and vegetable juice:** €0.010103 per unit
- **B03 · Milk:** €0.015717 per unit
- **B04 · Sodas, colas, lemonades and syrups:** €0.005434 per unit
- **B05 · Spirits, aperitifs and gins:** €0.013090 per unit
- **B06 · Wine, champagne, sparkling wine and cider:** €0.020564 per unit
- **B07 · Water:** €0.010558 per unit
- **C01 · Cleaning and maintenance products:** €0.020215 per unit
- **C02 · Cleaning accessories:** €0.005691 per unit
- **D01 · Hair care products:** €0.015604 per unit
- **D02 · Body and dental care products:** €0.014201 per unit
- **D03 · Body, hair and dental-care accessories:** €0.007035 per unit
- **E01 · Medicine:** €0.008736 per unit
- **F01 · Flowers, plants, seeds and garden products:** €0.012451 per unit
- **F02 · Gardening tools/accessories and camping:** €0.005524 per unit
- **G01 · Tools and general hardware:** €0.013016 per unit
- **G02 · Glues and related products:** €0.131319 per unit
- **G03 · Paint and varnish:** €0.196205 per unit
- **G04 · Miscellaneous DIY items:** €0.006967 per unit
- **H01 · Clothing, shoes, textiles and leather goods:** €0.007675 per unit
- **I01 · Large electrical appliances:** €0.363895 per unit
- **I02 · Small electrical appliances:** €0.020691 per unit
- **I03 · Electrical accessories and related items:** €0.004316 per unit
- **J01 · Interior, kitchen and table utensils:** €0.006270 per unit
- **J02 · Indoor/outdoor furniture and accessories:** €0.028777 per unit
- **J03 · Lighting devices:** €0.009215 per unit
- **K01 · Animal food, care products and accessories:** €0.013313 per unit
- **X01 · Service packaging paper/cardboard · per gram:** €0.000039 per gram
- **X02 · Service packaging aluminium/metals · per gram:** €0.000015 per gram
- **X03 · Service packaging other materials · per gram:** €0.001397 per gram
- **Z01 · Matches and lighters:** €0.007460 per unit
- **Z02 · Jewellery and watches:** €0.006583 per unit
- **Z03 · Newspapers, magazines and books:** €0.006985 per unit
- **Z04 · Business gifts and promotional articles:** €0.003927 per unit
- **Z05 · Smokers’ supplies:** €0.004258 per unit
- **Z06 · Toys and musical instruments:** €0.007690 per unit
- **Z07 · Sports and cycling/motorcycling accessories:** €0.006451 per unit
- **Z08 · Drawing, writing and puzzle kits:** €0.008528 per unit
- **Z09 · Dispatch packaging / internet sales / mail order:** €0.012395 per unit

### Current Valorlux V.4 contract facts

- **Version:** V.4 · published 2026-04-15
- **Current annual minimum:** €50
- **Annual declaration:** 28 February
- **First declaration:** Within 30 days
- **Late contractual charge:** 1% · minimum €50
- **Invoice payment:** 10 days
- **Annual billing threshold:** < €500
- **Entry contribution ceiling:** 25% · actual invoice only
- **Service-company restriction:** Valorlux V.4 says Article 6 is limited to foreign suppliers; a service company may not join Valorlux on behalf of the responsible party.

## Luxembourg cost and prefunding calculator

Choose the reporting method that Valorlux actually assigns. The calculator supports official detailed rates, official simplified rates and a verified automatic/Valbase amount without reverse-engineering Valorlux’s benchmark logic.

- **Beyoğlu country activation:** €25 + VAT
- **Beyoğlu qualifying declared parcel:** €1 + VAT
- **DRS:** NOT CURRENTLY OPERATIONAL · NO_NATIONAL_DRS_DEPOSIT_AUTO_ADD

> No national beverage DRS deposit is auto-added because a nationwide operational single-use beverage deposit system was not verified for this release.

## Run the calendar as Valbase declaration → invoice → payment evidence.

The Valorlux member deadline, the first-declaration onboarding rule, AEV authority reports and the future Article 44 reporting architecture are different clocks.

- **MEMBER · 28 February · Annual Valbase declaration:** Ordinary annual member declaration for packaging placed on the Luxembourg market in the previous calendar year.
- **ONBOARDING · Within 30 days · First declaration under V.4:** Current V.4 requires the first declaration within 30 days after agreement signature. Verify this at onboarding because the FAQ wording is less specific.
- **PAYMENT · 10 days · Invoice-driven payment:** V.4 provides quarterly instalments payable within 10 days; annual contribution below €500 is billed annually at Q4.
- **AUTHORITY / PPWR · 30 Apr / 30 Jun · future 1 Jun · Separate reporting architecture:** AEV e-RA dates depend on procedure; Article 44 uses 1 June. Do not replace the Valorlux 28 February member deadline without a published transition.

> Current-source conflict: Valorlux FAQ says the first report is at the beginning of the following calendar year, while V.4 Article 5.3 requires the first declaration within 30 days after contract signature. Use the stricter V.4 onboarding guard and verify with Valorlux before filing.

- **FAQ first report:** Beginning of the following calendar year
- **V.4 first report:** 30 days after membership agreement signature
- **Onboarding guard:** USE STRICTER V.4 CONTRACT RULE / VERIFY WITH VALORLUX
- **AEV e-RA:** 30 April / 30 June
- **PPWR Article 44:** 1 June

## Bill 8482 is pending — not current law.

Dossier 8482 remains in committee. The latest public government amendment is 8482/10 dated 31 July 2026. Future options in that text must not replace the current AEV / Valorlux route before enactment and entry into force.

- **Dossier:** 8482
- **Status:** Bill 8482 is pending — not current law.
- **Last update:** 2026-07-31
- **Latest document:** 8482/10

## DigiDot

DigiDot was refreshed in Valorlux materials on 18 August 2026. Treat it as an operator marking / QR functionality, not a PPWR producer-registration number, authority certificate or marketplace EPR number.

## DRS

No national beverage DRS deposit is auto-added because a nationwide operational single-use beverage deposit system was not verified for this release.

- **Spin pilot ended:** 2023-12-13

## What Beyoğlu Professional coordinates

- Responsible-party and PPWR Producer analysis
- Article 45 EPR-AR decision and onboarding coordination where applicable
- Valorlux / AEV / Valbase onboarding workflow
- Packaging-data classification and reporting calendar
- Regulatory cash separation and payment evidence
- Article 44 and bill 8482 transition monitoring

## What remains with the seller

- Correct legal-entity, establishment and customer-route facts
- Complete product and packaging quantities for Luxembourg
- Producer-reserved signatures and approvals
- Regulatory and third-party funding before due dates
- Immediate notice of entity, product, packaging or sales-route changes
- Retention of source records supporting every declaration

## Build evidence that survives a platform or authority check.

A registration record, membership agreement, declaration, invoice, mandate and payment proof are different documents. Preserve each one for the role it proves.

- Responsible-party / PPWR Producer assessment
- Article 45 mandate and representative acceptance where applicable
- Valorlux membership agreement and current V.4 terms
- AEV / registered-company evidence
- Valbase access, reporting method and declaration receipts
- 2026 tariff version and packaging dataset
- Supplier-member / double-declaration evidence
- Entry-contribution invoice if actually charged
- Invoices and proof of payment
- DigiDot technical evidence if used
- Marketplace uploads and verification records

> Do not invent an ‘EPR number’. If a marketplace asks for a number that the current Luxembourg route has not issued, provide the actual current evidence and record what the platform accepted.

## Primary sources

This release separates binding EU law, Luxembourg authority guidance, pending legislation and Valorlux contract/tariff documents. Each critical operational claim is tied to the appropriate source class.

- **PPWR · Regulation (EU) 2025/40** — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng · verified 2026-09-05
- **Article 45 suspension proposal · 2025/0395/COD** — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2025_395 · verified 2026-09-05
- **Article 44 register-format draft · Ares(2026)7688068** — https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=intcom%3AAres%282026%297688068 · verified 2026-09-05
- **AEV · packaging EPR procedure** — https://environnement.public.lu/fr/emweltprozeduren/rep/rep-emballages.html · verified 2026-09-05
- **AEV · e-RA registrations and annual reports** — https://environnement.public.lu/fr/emweltprozeduren/Autorisations/Gestion_des_dechets_et_ressources/Rapports_annuels_RA.html · verified 2026-09-05
- **Guichet.lu · packaging producer responsibility** — https://guichet.public.lu/en/entreprises/urbanisme-environnement/dechets-subst-dangereuses/recyclage-valorisation-dechets/dechets-emballage.html · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · member FAQ and Valbase** — https://www.valorlux.lu/en/members/frequently-asked-questions · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · 2026 detailed tariff** — https://www.valorlux.lu/media/4e4aaa4f-f9fd-4dc7-9795-59bacd9c6ac1/gd-tariffs-2026-detailed.pdf · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · 2026 simplified tariff** — https://www.valorlux.lu/media/d503f4c7-9740-4461-b79d-0454b2ac0841/green-dots-tariffs-2026-simplified.pdf · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · General Terms V.4** — https://www.valorlux.lu/media/ec73612e-2d02-4bf6-922b-91fd7ee24146/conditions-generales-fr-v4.pdf · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · DigiDot and media library** — https://www.valorlux.lu/en/media-library · verified 2026-09-05
- **Chambre des Députés · dossier 8482** — https://www.chd.lu/fr/dossier/8482 · verified 2026-09-05
- **Environment Ministry · deposit-system legal basis** — https://environnement.public.lu/content/dam/environnement/actualites/2022/05/ppt-pk-offallgesetz-17052022.pdf · verified 2026-09-05
- **Valorlux · Spin pilot history** — https://www.valorlux.lu/en/our-reusable-products/spin · verified 2026-09-05

## Luxembourg packaging EPR FAQ

### Is Valorlux currently the only approved packaging organisation?

Yes. The current AEV packaging-EPR page identifies Valorlux as the approved organisation for the reviewed household, reusable and non-household routes.

### Does Valorlux membership equal the final PPWR Article 44 registration?

No. It is current national operating evidence. Final PPWR Article 44 alignment is still transitional.

### Is €125 the current Valorlux minimum?

No. The current FAQ states a €50 annual minimum. V.4 allows the board to set a minimum up to €125; that ceiling is not the current operating amount.

### Is a service company allowed to join Valorlux on my behalf?

Not under the V.4 foreign-supplier mandate clause. That mechanism is limited to genuine foreign suppliers.

### Is DigiDot a Luxembourg EPR registration number?

No. It is a Valorlux QR/marking functionality.

### Is Luxembourg operating a nationwide beverage DRS today?

No nationwide operational single-use beverage deposit system was verified for this release, so the calculator does not add a refundable deposit.

## Operating actions

- **Producer Status Checker:** Test the PPWR Producer route before onboarding Luxembourg. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/producer-status-checker
- **EU Country Obligation Checker:** Confirm whether Luxembourg is in your operational compliance scope. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/eu-country-obligation-checker
- **EPR AR Checker:** Test whether the current transaction requires Luxembourg Article 45 representation. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/epr-ar-checker
- **Packaging Weight Calculator:** Convert product packaging into reportable Luxembourg weights. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/packaging-weight-calculator
- **EPR Cost Estimator:** Build a wider regulatory cost view alongside this country calculator. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/epr-cost-estimator
- **Compliance Deadline Calculator:** Track the next Luxembourg declaration or evidence action. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/compliance-deadline-calculator
- **Official Sources:** Open the authority, operator and EU sources behind the workflow. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/official-links
- **EU Country Matrix:** Compare Luxembourg with other Member-State operating routes. — https://beyogluprofessional.com/knowledge-hub/eu-country-matrix

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