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Selling into Portugal? Here is what you need.

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

At a glancePT
Register
SILiAmb (APA)
Scheme
Sociedade Ponto Verde, other management systems
Representative (packaging)
Required
Next report
31 Mar 2027
— 01

Who is the producer

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

— 02

Representative

Producer or representative registers in SILiAmb; declarations include material, quantity and management system.

— 03

Thresholds

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

Step by step

What to do

1
Packaging
Register in SILiAmb (APA) before the first sale
existing national duty
2
Packaging
Join Sociedade Ponto Verde or other management systems
existing national duty
3
Packaging
Appoint an EPR authorised representative (PPWR Art. 45)
Producer or representative registers in SILiAmb; declarations include material, quantity and management system.
since 12 Aug 2026
4
Packaging
Report packaging quantities — Annual declaration (SILiAmb)
due 31 Mar 2027
5
Packaging
Management system fees.
Register: SILiAmb (APA)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

Draft rules

Draft rules: bin-colour sorting instructions; Tidyman logo would be banned on recyclable packaging.

Source

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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