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Selling into Bulgaria? Here is what you need.

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

At a glanceBG
Register
Public register (ExEA / Ministry of Environment)
Scheme
Ecopack Bulgaria, other recovery organisations
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 Bulgaria from another country, you are the producer there.

— 02

Representative

Representative expected before registration; local validation needed before automated filing.

— 03

Thresholds

No small-quantity exemption confirmed. Assume duties from the first sale.

Step by step

What to do

Needs a check before you act — the national reporting date
1
Packaging
Register in Public register (ExEA / Ministry of Environment) before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join Ecopack Bulgaria or other recovery organisations
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)
Representative expected before registration; local validation needed before automated filing.
since 12 Aug 2026
4
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual
To confirm
5
Packaging
Recovery organisation fee or statutory product fee.
Register: Public register (ExEA / Ministry of Environment)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
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