Articles
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Under the threshold? You may owe a number and not be able to get one
A packaging EPR threshold usually switches off a fee, not the duty to register. But in some countries the register that would take you does not exist yet.
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"I only sell B2B" is not a packaging EPR exemption
Whether you owe packaging EPR depends on what your buyer does with the goods, not on whether your buyer is a business. On a marketplace you cannot tell.
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Dropping EPR in a small market can cost you the warehouse
If a listing goes inactive you cannot add that item to a shipping plan. So an EPR registration in a small market may be buying warehouse access, not sales.
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Storage decides your VAT. Your customer decides your EPR.
Every guide says you owe packaging EPR where you store stock. That is the VAT rule. EPR follows the customer, and from 2028 the VAT rule changes too.
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The EPR deadline passed. Nothing went down in my account.
Nothing was deactivated on 12 August 2026. That is not permission to relax — the enforcement is written into the law itself, and it is not shaped like a deadline.
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One missing EPR number can cost you Pan-European FBA
Losing listings in Germany, France, Italy, Spain or the Netherlands puts your Pan-EU FBA enrolment at risk. Losing Poland or Sweden costs you that country only.
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The EPR representative rule is for EU sellers, not just non-EU ones
PPWR Article 45(3) makes an authorised representative mandatory for EU sellers shipping to other Member States. For non-EU producers it is a national option.
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Amazon deactivated your listings over EPR. What now?
Your ASIN and reviews survive and your account rating is untouched. What is actually running is a 30-day clock on your FBA stock.
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There is no single 12 August EPR deadline
Every vendor blog runs 12 August 2026 as one EU-wide date. In a live Amazon account it is three dates, 141 days apart, and two of them are in December.
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Pay on Behalf pays your EPR fees. It does not register you.
Amazon pays your eco-contributions in five countries and asks for your registration number in more. The bill and the warning are separate things.
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Amazon is paying your EPR bill. Here's what that does not cover.
Amazon enrols you in Pay on Behalf when you have no EPR number. It covers your Amazon sales only, and it ends when the reporting cycle turns, not when you register.