Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
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Selling physical products into the EU? Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is the legal requirement to register and report on the packaging, electronics, and batteries you place on each market and without it, marketplaces like Amazon can suspend your listings. With VAT Digital, you get a trusted partner who delivers fast EPR registration across all 27 EU countries, ongoing reporting, and transparent fixed pricing with no percentage fees on your sales. Our experts handle all the paperwork and filings so you can focus on growth. Stay compliant, keep your marketplace listings active, and expand confidently into Europe with VAT Digital’s EPR registration and reporting service.
Join hundreds of eCommerce sellers using VAT Digital to stay compliant with EU Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules and keep their marketplace listings active.
How it works
Choose VAT Digital’s professional services and register for EPR where needed
1
EPR registration
Receive your own unique UID number validated with with the eco-organisations in each country. Fully marketplace compliant to avoid suspensions.
2
Filing Declarations
We manage your deadlines, translations and communications with the eco-organisation so you don’t have to. Provide your eco data and we make all the filings on-time.
3
Eco-fee payments
Eco-fees are unique to your market volumes and products and differ each declaration. After submission we provide the eco-invoice to you for payment direct to the eco-organisation.
Why VAT Digital is the right fit for you
Our EPR services keeps you compliant in every country you sell in
Receive your UID number in only 4 weeks
Start selling immediately across the EU
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Learn more about Extended Producer Responsibility
Our FAQ answers the in-depth complicated questions you may have about EPR schemes.
What is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)?
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy that makes producers responsible for the entire lifecycle of the products they place on a market including the cost of collecting, recycling, and disposing of them once they become waste. In practice, if you sell physical goods into a country, you’re legally required to register with that country’s EPR scheme and pay fees that fund its recycling and waste systems. EPR applies across the EU and covers categories such as packaging, electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), and batteries. For e-commerce sellers, it means you must be registered in each country you sell into before you start shipping there.
Who needs to register for EPR?
You need to register for EPR if you place products onto a market for the first time. This includes manufacturers, importers, brand owners, and increasingly online sellers shipping directly to consumers in another country. For e-commerce, the obligation usually falls on you as the seller the moment your goods reach customers in an EU country, even if you have no physical presence there. Distance sellers and businesses using fulfilment warehouses (such as Amazon FBA) are squarely in scope. If you sell packaged goods, electronics, or anything containing batteries into the EU, you almost certainly have EPR obligations in every country you trade in.
What products does EPR cover?
EPR covers distinct product categories, each with its own registration and reporting stream. The three most common for e-commerce sellers are: packaging (boxes, fillers, labels, and any material your product ships in), electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (anything with a plug, battery, or cable), and batteries (both standalone and those built into devices). Some countries extend EPR to textiles, furniture, tyres, and printed paper too. Because each category and each country is regulated separately, a single product shipped across the EU can trigger multiple EPR registrations at once — which is where most sellers underestimate the workload.
Why is EPR linked to Amazon and other marketplaces?
Marketplaces like Amazon are now legally required to check that their third-party sellers hold valid EPR registration numbers for the countries they sell into. If you can’t provide a valid number, the marketplace can suspend or remove your listings in that country until you become compliant. This shifted EPR from a “nice to have” into a trading requirement — sellers who ignore it risk losing access to their largest sales channels overnight. Providing your EPR registration numbers to Amazon, eBay, and similar platforms is now a standard part of selling cross-border in the EU.
How do I register for EPR in the EU?
To register for EPR, you identify every country you sell into and every product category that applies, then register with the relevant scheme (a Producer Responsibility Organisation) in each one. You’ll typically need company details, product and material data, and estimated volumes, after which you receive a registration number for each category and country. Most countries also require periodic reporting of the quantities you place on the market, plus ongoing fees. Because the process, language, and reporting cycles differ in every country, many e-commerce sellers use a single provider like VAT Digital to handle all of their registrations and filings centrally rather than managing dozens of separate national systems.
How much does EPR registration cost?
EPR costs come in two parts: the registration and administration of each scheme, and the eco-contribution fees based on the volume and type of material you place on each market. Fees vary widely by country and category. Packaging is charged by weight and material, while WEEE and batteries are charged by unit or weight — so there’s no single flat figure. The key point for sellers is that costs scale with how many countries and categories you’re in, which makes accurate reporting essential to avoid overpaying. At VAT Digital, we offer transparent fixed pricing for managing your registrations and filings, so the administration cost is predictable even as the underlying fees vary.
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