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Selling into Belgium? Here is what you need.

Packaging register, recycling scheme, representative and reporting for Belgium — with the official source and the date each rule applies.

At a glanceBE
Register
IVC / CIE (Interregional Packaging Commission)
Scheme
Fost Plus (household), Valipac (commercial)
Representative (packaging)
Legally required · route to confirm
Next report
Date to confirm To confirm
— 01

Who is the producer

If you deliver directly to consumers or business end users in Belgium from another country, you are the producer there.

— 02

Representative

PPWR applies; the national route for representatives is not yet clear.

— 03

Thresholds

300 kg/year is a legacy take-back threshold, not a PPWR exemption.

Step by step

What to do

Needs a check before you act — the national reporting date
1
Packaging
Register in IVC / CIE (Interregional Packaging Commission) before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join Fost Plus (household) or Valipac (commercial)
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)
PPWR applies; the national route for representatives is not yet clear.
since 12 Aug 2026
4
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual, per scheme
To confirm
5
Packaging
Fost Plus / Valipac contribution per material.
Register: IVC / CIE (Interregional Packaging Commission)Official source · 2026.6-draft

Batteries, electronics, textiles

Batteries: separate register and scheme; representative required since 18 Aug 2025.

WEEE: separate register and scheme; representative by written mandate (Directive 2012/19/EU Art. 17).

Textiles: EPR scheme due by 17 Apr 2028.

Labelling

No national labelling rule beyond material codes found.

EU harmonised sorting labels (PPWR Art. 12) from 12 Aug 2028 or later, per implementing act.

Marketplaces

Online marketplacesNational rules already make platforms check EPR numbers in some markets (e.g. DE since 2022); EU-wide checks follow once harmonised registers exist — without it: Platform may block sales
Official source: www.ivcie.be/en/obligations/take-back-obligation/ · 2026.6-draft
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