If you place packaged goods, electronics, batteries, textiles or furniture on any EU market, you are the legal producer. EU Regulation 2025/40 (PPWR) becomes fully enforceable on 12 August 2026. CiDATax handles the full lifecycle through every national PRO.
The new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation becomes fully enforceable across all 27 EU member states. Every non-EU seller must appoint an Authorised Representative in each country they sell into. Marketplaces are already enforcing; delistings, fines and import refusals follow non-compliance.
You are obligated under EPR if any of the following apply: you place packaged goods on an EU market for the first time; you import products into the EU; you sell electronics, batteries, textiles, furniture, tyres or printed paper across borders; or you ship to EU consumers from a third country using Amazon FBA, Shopify, eBay or any other channel.
Marketplaces request your EPR registration numbers at onboarding and during periodic audits. Missing or invalid numbers trigger automated listing suspension. Authorities can also block imports at customs where EPR registration is missing.
CiDATax registers you with the right Producer Responsibility Organisation in each country, calculates your eco-fees, submits your reports, and keeps your marketplace listings clean.
PPWR provisions per EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2025/40; enforcement context per AVASK Group analysisEPR makes the producer — not the consumer or the local authority — financially and operationally responsible for a product and its packaging across the whole lifecycle: collection, treatment, recycling and end-of-life disposal. Place a product or its packaging on an EU national market for the first time and, in the eyes of that country, you are the producer.
Primary, secondary and transport packaging — including the box, void fill, tape and labels around every parcel you ship.
Electrical and electronic equipment, from consumer gadgets to cables, chargers and powered accessories.
Portable, industrial and EV batteries — standalone or built into the products you sell.
Clothing, household linen and footwear, with dedicated schemes now live in France and rolling out elsewhere.
Domestic and office furniture and furnishing elements under national furniture EPR schemes.
New and replacement tyres placed on the market, covered by separate end-of-life schemes.
Graphic and printed paper, catalogues and paper-based promotional material in applicable markets.
Toys, leisure, DIY and sporting goods, where national schemes extend EPR beyond the core categories.
Each EU country runs its own PRO. Different registration portals, different formats, different deadlines. CiDATax holds direct working relationships with all of them.
From scope audit to annual filings, in four steps. Most clients are registered and live within four to six weeks.
We map your product catalogue against EPR obligations in every market. Categories, volumes, fee bands, deadlines, all on the table by week one.
We submit registrations to the relevant PRO in each country, appoint Authorised Representatives where required, and secure your EPR numbers.
Monthly, quarterly or annual reporting to each PRO. Eco-fees calculated, paid on your behalf, with full receipt and evidence retention.
New product launches added to your registration profile. Marketplace verifications answered automatically. Regulatory updates monitored and applied.
Automatic listing suspension on Amazon, Cdiscount, ManoMano and others. Revenue loss starts within 24 hours of detection.
Up to €200,000 in Germany under VerpackG. Up to €1.5 million in France under Loi AGEC for serious or repeated breaches.
Imports refused at EU borders where EPR registration is unverifiable. Inventory stuck, customer orders cancelled, refund cascades follow.
EPR is moving from a patchwork of national directives to directly applicable, EU-wide regulations. Two matter most for cross-border sellers — and both link straight to the primary legislation on EUR-Lex.
The PPWR replaces the former Packaging Directive (94/62/EC) with a single harmonised framework across all 27 member states, covering recyclability, packaging minimisation, recycled-content targets, labelling, conformity assessment and producer obligations.
Replacing the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC), this regulation applies a full lifecycle approach: producer registration and EPR, collection and recycling targets, labelling, supply-chain due diligence and a digital battery passport for larger battery types.
Manage packaging, electricals, batteries and authorised-representative obligations through a single specialist team, with a centralised compliance strategy across jurisdictions.
Producer and packaging EPR registrations, compliance-scheme enrolment, packaging data reviews, eco-fee calculation and environmental reporting through CONAI, LUCID, CITEO, Ecoembes and every other national PRO.
WEEE registrations, national scheme enrolment, Authorised Representative appointment where required, and ongoing reporting for everything from gadgets to cables and chargers.
Producer registration and EPR for portable, industrial and EV batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, collection and labelling obligations, and readiness for the 2027 digital battery passport.
Local representation for non-EU producers where the law requires it — regulatory liaison, documentation management, compliance monitoring and correspondence with national authorities.
Monthly, quarterly and annual filings to each PRO, eco-fees calculated and paid on your behalf, with full receipt and evidence retention for audits.
EPR number acquisition and submission, plus audit responses, across Amazon, eBay, Kaufland, Allegro, Bol.com, Otto, Cdiscount, ManoMano, Shopify and TikTok Shop.
We build our advice on primary EU sources, not secondary commentary. Verify any claim on this page directly.
Book a senior-led discovery call. We will scope your situation, set clear written terms, and put you on a defined timeline.