Austria EPR

Packaging EPR in Austria: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Austria. 11 of 15 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 4 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on November 4, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on November 4, 2026.

Regime

Austrian packaging EPR: AWG 2002 (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002) and Verpackungsverordnung 2014 (VVO 2014)

Regulator

Not yet published

Producers obliged

Yes

System

more than one producer responsibility organisation

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

1

Who is the producer in Austria

In Austria, packaging EPR obliges producers to organise or fund the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. The sections below set out who counts as the producer, which thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, and what has to be filed.

The producer hierarchy decides who answers for a pack when several businesses touch it. For Austria, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Transfer detail: participation in an approved collection and recycling system; foreign sellers must appoint an Austrian Bevollmächtigter

Roles matter because an online seller, an importer and a brand owner can each be the producer for the same pack, and a pack is counted once. If you sell into Austria through a marketplace, check whether the marketplace or you are recorded as the obligated party. Confirm who is responsible for reporting.

Thresholds that apply in Austria

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Austria publishes 2 verified thresholds.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: household packaging put on the market.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: commercial packaging put on the market.

Exemptions in Austria

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Austria lists 1 exemption in the dataset. Some apply automatically; others only apply if you ask the regulator for them, usually within a window.

Registration and the system in Austria

Registration is where an obligation becomes visible to the regulator. The records below show whether Austria asks producers to register, with whom, and which organisation or scheme carries the collection and recycling system.

Who registers: The Austrian Bevollmächtigter registers for the foreign distance seller; a primary obligated party concludes a participation contract with a system within two months of first putting household packaging on the market

Renewal: Participation declaration at least annually or on a material change

Registry (opens the official registry page).

Applies to: Foreign distance sellers selling packaging to private end consumers in Austria; one Bevollmächtigter per seller, seated in Austria

Deadlines in Austria

Austria records 10 deadlines, 10 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Austria.

Every verified date we hold for Austria falls on or before November 9, 2026, so none is still ahead. Check the regulator for the next one.

8 obligations recur on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.

See every deadline for Austria, with its period and what it requires, on the Austria deadlines page.

A deadline is a date the regulator published, not a date we set. We can estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file; you sign and submit it in the regulator's own portal.

Fees and reporting in Austria

Austria publishes 1 fee schedule, for fee year 2026. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

• Austria 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.

The report you file is a defined file or form. Austria records 1 format; we prepare the file to that specification and you upload it yourself.

Austria packaging declaration (working layout) is a csv file submitted through Not identified; the customer signs in to the recipient's service and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

Columns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Austria report format page.

Austria: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2026 Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA) tariff schedule for Austria into 10 material classes. For each class the table gives the lowest and highest published rate in EUR per kilogram and the unweighted mean in EUR per tonne, with a link to the source the rates were read from, retrieved September 29, 2026.

The same material classes in the 15 jurisdictions that publish a per-weight schedule in EUR, Austria included. For each class the table gives the mean here, the median of the other jurisdictions, the rank of Austria (1 is the highest) and the jurisdiction with the highest mean.

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Austria

Labelling, language, target and penalty rules are the parts of a regime that are easiest to miss. A report filed in the wrong language or a pack without a required mark can cost as much as a late payment, so read each of these against your own products.

Austria compared with nearby places

Rules do not stop at a border. A business that sells into Austria usually sells into its neighbours too, and the thresholds and deadlines differ. The table reads Austria against the places closest to it that have verified data.

Austria read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Austria against one place from the table above, using only records verified for both. A part is left out when either side is not yet published.

Austria and Italy both record an obligation for packaging producers. Austria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Italy runs registered schemes that producers join. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is January 1, 2023 in Austria and August 12, 2026 in Italy, 1319 days earlier here.

Austria and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Austria and Germany both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 10 tonnes of tonnage in Germany, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is January 1, 2023 in Austria and December 31, 2026 in Germany, 1460 days earlier here.

Austria and Czechia both record an obligation for packaging producers. Austria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Czechia runs a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 2000 of revenue in Czechia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, January 1, 2023.

Austria and Slovakia both record an obligation for packaging producers. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Slovakia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is January 1, 2023 in Austria and August 12, 2026 in Slovakia, 1319 days earlier here.

Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Slovenia, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is January 1, 2023 in Austria and August 12, 2026 in Slovenia, 1319 days earlier here.

Austria and Hungary both record an obligation for packaging producers. Austria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Hungary runs a single producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The earliest recorded deadline is January 1, 2023 in Austria and August 12, 2026 in Hungary, 1319 days earlier here.

Where Austria sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Austria holds 11 of 17 and ranks 8 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are United Kingdom (13), Oregon (13), Belgium (12), Ontario (12), Italy (12) and California (12). The places just behind it are British Columbia (11), Switzerland (11), Colorado (11), Bulgaria (10), New Brunswick (10) and Québec (10).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Austria holds 26 and ranks 2 of 53. Ahead of it are Ontario (27). Behind it are Oregon (25), United Kingdom (24), United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (24), Belgium (22), Washington (22) and Québec (21).

All 31 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Austria is not an outlier among its neighbours.

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Austria comes 1 of 41, on January 1, 2023. No place has an earlier recorded date. After it come Czechia (January 1, 2023, 0 days on the same day), Nova Scotia (January 1, 2024, 365 days later), New Brunswick (June 30, 2025, 911 days later), Oregon (July 1, 2025, 912 days later), Colorado (January 1, 2026, 1096 days later) and Washington (March 1, 2026, 1155 days later).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in packaging weight, Austria sits 1 of 1 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Austria

Austria has 4 of 15 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: AWG/VVO text does not state group aggregation; no rule verified.

Reporting notes

Reason recorded: The systems publish no file layout; contract terms were not fetched.

Labelling

Reason recorded: No national packaging marking rule verified in the fetched VVO/AWG text.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: No statutory language rule found; the texts and registers are German, so this is an observation.