Product stream
Packaging
Packaging supplied to the Slovak or Czech market, including sales, grouped, transport, e-commerce and service packaging, with EPR obligations assessed under PPWR and the applicable national rules.
What counts as packaging
Packaging EPR is assessed under Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR) together with the applicable national rules.
PPWR applies to packaging of all materials placed on the EU market. Relevant packaging types include sales, grouped and transport packaging, as well as e-commerce and service packaging. E-commerce packaging is transport packaging used to deliver products in online or other distance sales to end users.
EPR producer status is not determined by one universal ‘first placer’ rule. Under PPWR, the responsible producer depends on the type of packaging, where the economic operator is established, how the packaging or packaged product is supplied and, for cross-border sales, whether it is supplied directly to end users in another Member State. We therefore determine producer status for the specific supply chain and market.
Typical obligations
- Determine the responsible EPR producer and the Member State in which the packaging obligations arise.
- Complete the applicable producer registration and maintain the required registration status.
- Arrange collective EPR fulfilment through the relevant authorised organisation, or an individual route where the applicable national rules permit it.
- Maintain and provide the required packaging data by applicable packaging and material categories, complete the required reporting and pay the applicable EPR contributions.
- Establish the applicable authorised-representative route where cross-border producer status and the relevant EU or national rules require representation.
Country requirements
Slovakia
Slovakia
Packaging EPR in Slovakia is assessed under PPWR together with the applicable Slovak waste and EPR rules. The fulfilment and reporting route depends on the producer’s statutory position, whether the packaging waste enters the municipal-waste system, and whether collective or a permitted individual fulfilment route applies.
Under collective fulfilment, producers provide their contractual producer responsibility organisation (PRO) with the packaging, quantity and material data required for compliance. The PRO performs the statutory functions assigned to it, including the applicable consolidated reporting. Direct producer reporting applies in the specific cases provided by Slovak law.
The detailed data structure, PRO reporting format and compliance calendar are confirmed for the producer’s actual packaging portfolio and fulfilment model.
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Packaging EPR in the Czech Republic is assessed under PPWR together with the applicable Czech packaging and EPR rules. The registration, fulfilment and reporting route depends on the producer status and the compliance model used for the Czech market.
Collective fulfilment may be arranged through the applicable authorised packaging / producer-responsibility system, while another permitted fulfilment route may apply where the legal conditions are met. Registration, data reporting and payment responsibilities are established according to the applicable legal and contractual setup.
Where an authorised representative is appointed, the operational compliance workflow is subject to the applicable legal requirements and the arrangement approved for that mandate.
Frequently asked questions
Do your packaging obligations apply in Slovakia or the Czech Republic?
Tell us what you sell and where you sell it. We will come back with the obligations that actually apply — per country and per product stream.