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Selling into Finland? Here is what you need.

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

At a glanceFI
Register
Producer register
Scheme
Rinki
Representative (packaging)
Required
Next report
31 Jan 2027 Per contract
— 01

Who is the producer

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

— 02

Representative

From 12 Aug 2026 foreign distance sellers to Finnish consumers or business end users are producers.

— 03

Thresholds

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

Step by step

What to do

1
Packaging
Register in Producer register before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join Rinki
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)
From 12 Aug 2026 foreign distance sellers to Finnish consumers or business end users are producers.
since 12 Aug 2026
4
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual (Rinki)
due 31 Jan 2027
Per contract
5
Packaging
Producer organisation fees.
Register: Producer registerOfficial 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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