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Selling into Poland? Here is what you need.

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

At a glancePL
Register
BDO
Scheme
recovery organisations (e.g. Rekopol)
Representative (packaging)
Required
Next report
15 Mar 2027
— 01

Who is the producer

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

— 02

Representative

Since 12 Aug 2026 BDO handles PPWR representative registrations for foreign producers.

— 03

Thresholds

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

Step by step

What to do

1
Packaging
Register in BDO before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join recovery organisations (e.g. Rekopol)
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)
Since 12 Aug 2026 BDO handles PPWR representative registrations for foreign producers.
since 12 Aug 2026
4
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual BDO report (previous year)
due 15 Mar 2027
5
Packaging
Recovery organisation or product-fee mechanism.
Register: BDOOfficial 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

AmazonPackaging EPR number (BDO) — 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
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