Do I owe EPR fees Austria

Check your own case

Choose your role, add your revenue and the packaging you supply, and the checker applies the rules this page describes to your figures. It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

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How the checker reaches a result

The checker asks the same questions in the same order for every place, and it stops with a result as soon as a question settles the matter. It never fills a missing answer in for you.

1. Whose brand is on the packaging? If it is another company's brand, you are not the producer for those goods under the roles recorded for Austria. If you have not said, the checker asks first.
2. Do you sell into Austria? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.
3. Does a size limit apply? The checker compares your revenue or packaging weight with each limit on record and, where a limit is not met, returns below threshold.
4. Is an exemption on record for your case? An exemption that is not yet verified is never assumed, and the checker asks for more data instead.
5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared.

Who is the producer in Austria?

The first question is whose duty it is. Austria assigns the duty by packaging level, and the table shows which roles count as the producer at each level.

• Austria: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller.
• Austria: for secondary packaging the producer is the importer or first distributor.
• Austria: for service packaging the producer is the first distributor.
• Austria: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or authorised representative.
• Austria: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the first distributor.

Find the row that describes you. Where more than one role appears in a row, the checker asks whose brand is on the product before it gives a result.

Does revenue matter in Austria?

The rules we hold for Austria set no revenue test, so revenue alone does not decide whether you owe.

Size limits in Austria

Some rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for Austria, each with what happens when you meet it.

The packaging weight limit: 1,500 kg per calendar year

Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year. Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies. Austria: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Systems may offer flat-rate solutions to participants at or below 1500 kg a year, as an alternative to the tariffs. Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: household packaging put on the market.

The packaging weight limit: 1,500 kg per calendar year

Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year. Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies. Austria: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Same 1500 kg band for commercial packaging. Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: commercial packaging put on the market.

Exemptions in Austria

An exemption removes the duty for a producer that meets its conditions. Some must be applied for; others apply on their own.

Exemption 1

Exemption 1: Participation duty lapses where an upstream distributor already participates in a system. Austria: exemption 1 applies without an application.

What the rules cover in Austria

A duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Austria.

Austria: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.

Every case, worked through

Below, the same engine that powers the checker is run on a set of standard cases for Austria. Each case states the input, the result and the next step. The figures are test inputs set at half, equal to and twice each recorded limit, read as of November 4, 2026; they are not rules.

Packaging of 3,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 3,000 kg per calendar year of packaging, twice the limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year. The rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

Packaging of 3,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 3,000 kg per calendar year of packaging, twice the limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year. The rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

Above every limit

Your own brand is on the goods and every figure is above every limit on record. The rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

If you owe: what happens next

If the result is obligated, these are the steps on record for Austria. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.

Austria: registration is made with Register nach § 22 AWG 2002 (Bevollmächtigter entry) and contract with an approved collection and recycling system. Austria: registration is made by this party: 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. Austria: registration renewal: Participation declaration at least annually or on a material change. Austria: the registration identifier is called: Register entry under § 22 AWG 2002.

Austria: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation. Austria: the organisations on record are Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA). Austria: membership of an organisation is required. Austria: an authorised representative is required.

Deadlines on record

• Austria: the registration deadline is January 1, 2023.
• Austria: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.