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Selling into Netherlands? Here is what you need.

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

Check my obligations for Netherlands

At a glanceNL

Verpact (national PPWR register pending)

Scheme

Verpact

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 Netherlands from another country, you are the producer there.

— 02

Representative

Verpact currently accepts direct registration of EU companies without a Dutch representative.

— 03

Thresholds

No contribution under 50,000 kg/year of ordinary packaging; SUP/DRS duties can apply lower.

Step by step

What to do

Needs a check before you act — your yearly volume in this market

Packaging

Register in Verpact (national PPWR register pending) before the first sale — only above 50,000 kg/year ordinary packaging

existing national duty

Packaging

Join Verpact — only above 50,000 kg/year ordinary packaging

existing national duty

Packaging

Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45) — only above 50,000 kg/year ordinary packaging

Verpact currently accepts direct registration of EU companies without a Dutch representative.

since 12 Aug 2026

Packaging

Report packaging quantities — Annual declaration (before 1 April)

due 31 Mar 2027

Packaging

Material-specific contribution.

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 in force since 2023 (UPV Textiel).

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

AmazonPackaging EPR number — without it: Listing deactivated

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 & cardboard	0.017
Plastic, rigid	1.220
Plastic, flexible	1.320
Glass	0.100
Aluminium	0.340
Steel / tin	0.360

Verpact · First 50,000 kg/year of ordinary packaging exempt · tariff · 23 Oct 2026 · verify with the scheme before budgeting

Official source: www.verpact.nl/en/do-i-need-file-declaration · 2026.6-draft