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Selling into Greece? Here is what you need.

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

At a glanceGR
Register
ΕΜΠΑ (ΕΟΑΝ)
Scheme
an approved ΣΣΕΔ (e.g. HERRCO)
Representative (packaging)
Legally required · route to confirm
Next report
31 Mar 2027
— 01

Who is the producer

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

— 02

Representative

Registration in ΕΜΠΑ and a ΣΣΕΔ before first sale. Representative route for foreign sellers to be confirmed with ΕΟΑΝ.

— 03

Thresholds

No threshold: one packaging item triggers the duty.

Step by step

What to do

1
Packaging
Register in ΕΜΠΑ (ΕΟΑΝ) before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join an approved ΣΣΕΔ (e.g. HERRCO)
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual report to ΕΜΠΑ
due 31 Mar 2027
4
Packaging
Contribution to the ΣΣΕΔ; no single national €/kg tariff.
Register: ΕΜΠΑ (ΕΟΑΝ)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

Published fees (€/kg)

Paper & cardboard0.056
Plastic, rigid0.070
Plastic, flexible0.070
Glass0.018
Aluminium0.011
Steel / tin0.011
HERRCO · + €0.0004 per unit · indicative · tariff source pending · verify with the scheme before budgeting
Official source: eoan.gr/ · 2026.6-draft
EPR packaging in Greece — register, scheme, representative | Packio Comply