# Turn your EU markets into a country-by-country compliance map.

> Map packaging-EPR Producer status, representation, registration, system, reporting, payment, evidence and marketplace work country by country across EU27.

Canonical: https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/eu-country-obligation-checker

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.

**PPWR Articles 44–45:** Article 44 establishes national Producer registers. Article 45 separates EPR-authorised-representation duties from the underlying Producer, registration and EPR obligations.

## Deterministic result model

- ROLE: YES / NO / UNDETERMINED
- EPR AUTHORISED REPRESENTATIVE: REQUIRED / NO CROSS-BORDER EPR AR / NATIONAL RULE MUST BE VERIFIED / NOT FOR YOUR ENTITY / RESOLVE PRODUCER FIRST

The checker does not soften an unresolved obligation into a probability statement. Where the supplied facts or national rule do not support a definitive result, it returns an explicit verification or undetermined state.

## Build your country profile

No company name, email address or contact data is required. Countries that share the same sales chain can be checked together.

### 1. 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.
- Established in an EU Member State
- Established outside the EU
- Non-EU company with only an EU branch, warehouse or VAT registration
- Not determined

### 2. Who receives the packaged product in each selected country?

Separate final consumers or professional end users from independent importers, distributors or resellers.
- End user in every selected country
- Independent reseller in every selected country
- Different by country
- Not determined

### 3. 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.
- Our legal entity
- Another company buys and resells in its own name
- Our legal entity; intermediary is logistics only
- Different by country
- Not determined

### 4. 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.
- Consumer / household packaging
- Professional / commercial packaging
- Both streams
- Classification not completed

### 5. Which EU Member States are destination markets?

Select one country or all 27. The Producer role is recalculated independently for every selected destination.

Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Cyprus (CY), Czechia (CZ), Denmark (DK), Estonia (EE), Finland (FI), France (FR), Germany (DE), Greece (GR), Hungary (HU), Ireland (IE), Italy (IT), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Malta (MT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovakia (SK), Slovenia (SI), Spain (ES), Sweden (SE)

### 6. 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.
- No local entity or branch
- Different by country
- Separate local subsidiary in every selected country
- Not determined

### 7. For the seller's own establishment country, how did this packaged product enter the local market?

This is required when the selected seller is established in a selected destination and remains the direct commercial supplier.
- We packed/filled it here or brought it from another country and first supplied it here
- We bought it already packaged from another company in the same country and only resell it
- Not determined

## Country operating dataset

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.

### Austria (AT)

- Authority: BMLUK / EDM
- Current register / onboarding route: EDM / ZAReg
- Current PRO / system route: Approved collection and recovery systems
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Belgium (BE)

- Authority: Interregional Packaging Commission (IRPC/IVCIE)
- Current register / onboarding route: EPRiBEL / applicable PRO registration
- Current PRO / system route: Fost Plus / Valipac by packaging stream
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Bulgaria (BG)

- Authority: Ministry of Environment and Water
- Current register / onboarding route: National waste / packaging EPR administration
- Current PRO / system route: Licensed packaging recovery organisations
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Croatia (HR)

- Authority: Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund (FZOEU)
- Current register / onboarding route: RPPO
- Current PRO / system route: FZOEU / authorised structures
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Cyprus (CY)

- Authority: Department of Environment
- Current register / onboarding route: National packaging producer infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: Green Dot Cyprus / authorised route
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Czechia (CZ)

- Authority: Ministry of Environment
- Current register / onboarding route: EKO-KOM customer/system register + national infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: EKO-KOM / authorised route
- Reporting mode: Quarterly route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Denmark (DK)

- Authority: Dansk Producentansvar (DPA) / Danish EPA
- Current register / onboarding route: DPA National Producer Register
- Current PRO / system route: Collective EPR systems
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Estonia (EE)

- Authority: Ministry of Climate / Packaging Register
- Current register / onboarding route: PAKIS
- Current PRO / system route: TVO / other PROs / direct route
- Reporting mode: Mixed route controlled by national/PRO rules
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Finland (FI)

- Authority: Pirkanmaa ELY / national producer-responsibility authority
- Current register / onboarding route: Producer / Rinki registration infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: Finnish Packaging Producers / Sumi
- Reporting mode: Mixed route controlled by national/PRO rules
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### France (FR)

- Authority: ADEME / competent ministry
- Current register / onboarding route: SYDEREP / IDU
- Current PRO / system route: Citeo / Adelphe / Léko / approved eco-organisations
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; a separate PPWR-era transition layer is tracked.

### Germany (DE)

- Authority: ZSVR
- Current register / onboarding route: LUCID Packaging Register
- Current PRO / system route: Dual packaging systems
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Greece (GR)

- Authority: Hellenic Recycling Agency (EOAN)
- Current register / onboarding route: EMPA National Producer Register
- Current PRO / system route: HERRCO / approved systems
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Hungary (HU)

- Authority: National Waste Management Authority / MOHU
- Current register / onboarding route: OKIR + MOHU Partner Portal
- Current PRO / system route: MOHU concession system
- Reporting mode: Quarterly route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Ireland (IE)

- Authority: Department of Climate / national and local structures
- Current register / onboarding route: Approved-organisation / national registration infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: Repak / applicable route
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Italy (IT)

- Authority: Competent ministry / CONAI framework
- Current register / onboarding route: CONAI membership and declaration systems
- Current PRO / system route: CONAI + material consortia
- Reporting mode: Mixed route controlled by national/PRO rules
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Latvia (LV)

- Authority: State Environmental Service (VVD)
- Current register / onboarding route: Packaging EPR / operator / Natural Resources Tax route
- Current PRO / system route: Producer-responsibility systems / tax route
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; specified PPWR-era operating detail requires current national-source verification.

### Lithuania (LT)

- Authority: Environmental Protection Department / EPA
- Current register / onboarding route: GPAIS / GII producer-importer register
- Current PRO / system route: Licensed producer/importer organisations
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Luxembourg (LU)

- Authority: Environment Agency
- Current register / onboarding route: Producer registration through the national / authorised-organisation route
- Current PRO / system route: Valorlux / applicable route
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Malta (MT)

- Authority: Environment & Resources Authority (ERA)
- Current register / onboarding route: National Register of Producers of Packaging / WMP
- Current PRO / system route: GreenPak / GreenMT / authorised structures
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Netherlands (NL)

- Authority: ILT / national EPR framework; operational Verpact route
- Current register / onboarding route: Verpact producer/importer declaration infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: Verpact
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; a separate PPWR-era transition layer is tracked.

### Poland (PL)

- Authority: Competent Marshal / climate administration
- Current register / onboarding route: BDO
- Current PRO / system route: Packaging recovery organisations / individual route
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national route is active; a separate PPWR-era transition layer is tracked.

### Portugal (PT)

- Authority: Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente (APA)
- Current register / onboarding route: SILiAmb producer / packager registration
- Current PRO / system route: Licensed management organisations
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Romania (RO)

- Authority: Environmental Fund Administration (AFM) / environmental authority
- Current register / onboarding route: AFM online declaration infrastructure
- Current PRO / system route: OIREP organisations
- Reporting mode: Monthly route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Slovakia (SK)

- Authority: Ministry of Environment / ISOH
- Current register / onboarding route: ISOH packaging-producer list
- Current PRO / system route: Authorised PROs (OZV)
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Slovenia (SI)

- Authority: ARSO
- Current register / onboarding route: Evidence of Producers – Packaging
- Current PRO / system route: Packaging-waste management systems
- Reporting mode: Periodic route controlled by the authority/PRO
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Spain (ES)

- Authority: MITECO
- Current register / onboarding route: Registro de Productores de Producto (RPP) – Envases
- Current PRO / system route: Collective EPR systems (SCRAP)
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

### Sweden (SE)

- Authority: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
- Current register / onboarding route: EPA producer-responsibility e-service
- Current PRO / system route: Approved PROs
- Reporting mode: Annual route
- Dataset review: 2026-08-29
- Dataset layer: Current national packaging-EPR route mapped.

## 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.

### 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.

### There is no single EU Producer registration

**PPWR Article 44**

Article 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.

## Once the countries are clear, calculate quantity, cost and timing.

### STEP 03 · Packaging Weight Calculator

Convert SKU packaging components and sales volumes into destination-country material kilograms.

[Calculate packaging →](https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/packaging-weight-calculator)

### STEP 04 · EPR Cost Estimator

Apply verified national fee data to the packaging quantities generated by the calculator.

[Estimate EPR cost →](https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/epr-cost-estimator)

### STEP 05 · EPR Authorised Representative Checker

Analyse representation in greater depth for the Producer, establishment and destination route.

[Check representation →](https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/epr-ar-checker)

### PLANNING · Compliance Deadline Calculator

Turn national reporting and payment cycles into an operational calendar.

[Build calendar →](https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/compliance-deadline-calculator)

## Why the country layer stays separate.

### Is one packaging-EPR registration enough for the whole EU?

No. Article 44 uses Member-State Producer registers, and the current operating infrastructure remains country-specific.

### Can I select all 27 countries at once?

Yes. The checker creates a separate country result and workstream for every selected Member State.

### Does a NO Producer result mean there is no EPR work in that country?

No. It means the selected legal entity is not the Producer for that route. You still need valid evidence from the actual Producer for operational and marketplace verification.

### Does a local subsidiary automatically change this result?

No. A subsidiary is a separate legal entity. If it is the actual seller, run a separate assessment for that subsidiary rather than silently replacing the seller selected in the current form.

### Does this checker calculate national EPR fees?

No. It maps the operating route. Numeric fees must come from current authority, PRO/system or verified tariff sources and belong in the cost tool.

## Regulatory note

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.

- [Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj)
- [European Commission PPWR guidance C/2026/3084 — EUR-Lex](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52026XC03084)

## LLM discovery

- llms.txt: https://beyogluprofessional.com/llms.txt
- llms-full.txt: https://beyogluprofessional.com/llms-full.txt
- Markdown: https://beyogluprofessional.com/tools/eu-country-obligation-checker/index.md