Producer is recalculated country by country
PPWR Article 3(1)(15)For this packaged-product sales flow, seller establishment, destination, end-user/reseller status and the direct commercial supplier determine the country result.
Free regulatory tool
Turn your EU markets into a country-by-country compliance map.
Select the Member States where your legal entity sells packaged products. The checker recalculates the Producer role for every selected country, then maps representation, registration, EPR-system, declaration, payment, evidence and marketplace work.
27 EU Member StatesFreeNo account requiredNo personal informationNational routes reviewed 29 Aug 2026
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No company name, email address or contact data is required. Countries that share the same sales chain can be checked together.
01
Where is the legal entity making these sales established?
Use the legal entity that invoices the customer or is the seller under the sales contract.
02
Who receives the packaged product in each selected country?
Separate final consumers or professional end users from independent importers, distributors or resellers.
03
Who directly supplies that destination buyer?
A logistics provider that only moves or fulfils goods is not treated as a separate commercial reseller in this question.
04
Which packaged-product stream are you mapping?
This question records the operating scope. It does not replace the separate national packaging-category classification used for tariffs and reporting.
05
Which EU Member States are destination markets?
Select one country or all 27. The Producer role is recalculated independently for every selected destination.
No country selected.
06
Does the selected seller have local legal presence in the destination countries?
A separate subsidiary and a branch are different legal structures. This field records that fact without silently changing the seller selected in question 1.
How it works
EU law defines the role. The country operates that role.
The checker uses the same commercial-chain logic as the Producer Status Checker and then adds the current national operating layer without treating legacy national infrastructure as a completed final Article 44 transition.
There is no single EU Producer registration
PPWR Article 44Article 44 requires registration in each Member State where the Producer first makes packaging or packaged products available or unpacks packaged products without being an end user.
EU cross-border EPR AR is a separate layer
PPWR Article 45(3)An EU-established Producer under the relevant cross-border Producer routes appoints an EPR Authorised Representative by written mandate in each other destination Member State. Third-country appointment is determined by national law.
Marketplace verification does not replace EPR operations
PPWR Article 45(4)The online platform collects the required registration information and EPR self-certification. The underlying Producer registration, representation, system, declaration, payment and evidence remain separate obligations.
Dataset status
Current national packaging-EPR routes are mapped for 27 of 27 Member States.
A mapped route means the operating authority/register/system layer is identified in the research set. It does not mean a seller is automatically ready to sell or that a national transition is complete.
National routes mapped
Authority, current registration/onboarding infrastructure and PRO/system route are represented for every EU Member State.
Country-by-country Producer logic
The same transaction is recalculated separately for every selected destination.
EU27 master review
The common national operating dataset review date is 29 August 2026.
Invented tariffs
No fee amount is generated in this checker. Numeric costs belong in the EPR Cost Estimator using verified current sources.
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Country compliance FAQ
Why the country layer stays separate.
Regulatory basis: Regulation (EU) 2025/40, especially Articles 3(1)(15), 44 and 45, plus European Commission PPWR guidance published 10 June 2026. National operating dataset master review: 29 August 2026. This public tool structures compliance work; it is not an authority decision, filing confirmation or legal advice.