Selling into Spain? Here is what you need.
Packaging register, recycling scheme, representative and reporting for Spain — with the official source and the date each rule applies.
Who is the producer
If you deliver directly to consumers or business end users in Spain from another country, you are the producer there.
Representative
A foreign seller first placing packaged goods directly to Spanish end users is a producer and needs a Spanish representative.
Thresholds
Under 15 t: simplified declaration, not an exemption.
What to do
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
Mandatory · 1 Jan 2025RD 1055/2022: no “environmentally friendly” claims; recyclability claims need documented percentage; disposal method per component.
SourceEU harmonised sorting labels (PPWR Art. 12) from 12 Aug 2028 or later, per implementing act.
Marketplaces
Published fees (€/kg)
| Paper & cardboard | 0.115 |
| Plastic, rigid | 0.510 |
| Plastic, flexible | 0.920 |
| Aluminium | 0.040 |
| Steel / tin | 0.040 |