# Do I owe EPR fees Austria

Last verified: November 4, 2026 · https://instica.com/epr/austria/do-i-owe

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Under the rules we hold, Austria has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller. The size limit on record is 1,500 kg per calendar year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.

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## 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.

Interactive tool: Do-I-owe checker (works on the web page)

The Instica free plan covers the threshold check, exemption tracking, the deadline calendar, packaging templates and fee sources, so you can start without paying. [See what the free plan includes](https://app.instica.com/epr/free-plan)

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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.

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## 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.

<a id="producer-levels"></a>**Producer by packaging level in Austria**

| Packaging level | Producer |
| --- | --- |
| primary (sales) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller](#level-primary) |
| secondary packaging | [importer or first distributor](#level-secondary) |
| service packaging | [first distributor](#level-service) |
| shipping packaging | [online marketplace seller or authorised representative](#level-shipping) |
| tertiary (transport) packaging | [first distributor](#level-tertiary) |

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

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.

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## Does revenue matter in Austria?

[The rules we hold for Austria set no revenue test, so revenue alone does not decide whether you owe.](#revenue-basis)

> **Not yet published**: how affiliated companies are counted: not yet published. Reason: AWG/VVO text does not state group aggregation; no rule verified.

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## 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.

#### <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-heading"></a>The packaging weight limit: 1,500 kg per calendar year

[Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household) [Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-effect) [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.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-logic) [Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: household packaging put on the market.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-basis)

> nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden
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> Source: ris.bka.gv.at: GeltendeFassung.wxe (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: de

Paraphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 1,500 kg per calendar year.

#### <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-heading"></a>The packaging weight limit: 1,500 kg per calendar year

[Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial) [Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-effect) [Austria: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Same 1500 kg band for commercial packaging.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-logic) [Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: commercial packaging put on the market.](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-basis)

> nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden
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> Source: ris.bka.gv.at: GeltendeFassung.wxe (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: de

Paraphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 1,500 kg per calendar year.

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## 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.

#### <a id="exemption-upstream_participation-heading"></a>Exemption 1

[Exemption 1: Participation duty lapses where an upstream distributor already participates in a system.](#exemption-upstream_participation) [Austria: exemption 1 applies without an application.](#exemption-upstream_participation-apply)

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## 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.](#transfer-allowed)

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## 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.

#### <a id="case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_household-heading"></a>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.](#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_household) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

#### <a id="case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-heading"></a>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.](#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_commercial) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

#### <a id="case-all_above-heading"></a>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.](#case-all_above) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

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## 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.](#registration-registry) [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.](#registration-who) [Austria: registration renewal: Participation declaration at least annually or on a material change.](#registration-renewal) [Austria: the registration identifier is called: Register entry under § 22 AWG 2002.](#registration-identifier)

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

#### Deadlines on record

- [Austria: the registration deadline is January 1, 2023.](#deadline-ar_appointment_2023)
- [Austria: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application)

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## Frequently asked questions

### <a id="faq-owe"></a>Do I owe packaging EPR in Austria?

Under the rules we hold, Austria has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller. The size limit on record is 1,500 kg per calendar year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.

### <a id="faq-producer"></a>Who is the producer in Austria?

At the primary packaging level the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller. The table above lists the other levels.

### <a id="faq-limit"></a>Is there a size limit in Austria?

Yes. The limit on record is 1,500 kg per calendar year; below it the rules treat you differently, as the cases above show.

### <a id="faq-organisation"></a>Do I have to join a producer responsibility organisation in Austria?

Membership of an organisation is required. The organisations on record: Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA).

### <a id="faq-register"></a>Will Instica register or file for me in Austria?

No. Instica measures, estimates and prepares your figures and files. You register, sign and submit each filing yourself, and Instica never stores portal credentials.

### <a id="faq-legal"></a>Is this legal advice?

No. This page is information about published rules and an estimate from them, not legal advice. Check the sources named beside each figure before you act.

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### <a id="paa-1"></a>What is an EPR fee?

[Austria: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated) [Austria: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller.](#level-primary)

### <a id="paa-2"></a>How to recycle in Austria?

[Austria: for secondary packaging the producer is the importer or first distributor.](#level-secondary) [Austria: for service packaging the producer is the first distributor.](#level-service)

### <a id="paa-3"></a>Who pays EPR fees?

[Austria: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed) [Austria: the registration deadline is January 1, 2023.](#deadline-ar_appointment_2023)

### <a id="paa-4"></a>What is EPR levies?

[Austria: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or authorised representative.](#level-shipping) [Austria: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the first distributor.](#level-tertiary)

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## How to read these figures

> **Estimate**: The figures on this page are estimates we prepare from the published sources listed below. Instica measures your packaging and prepares the numbers; you check them, sign and submit to the regulator or scheme yourself. We never submit for you and never store regulator-portal credentials.

Every figure in the app carries a data-quality label: measured, supplier, estimated or declared. [How we measure and label figures](https://instica.com/epr/methodology). This page is information, not legal advice.

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[Our reviewers](https://instica.com/epr/reviewers).

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## Facts on this page

Each fact is a self-contained sentence with its source. Link to a fact with its anchor.

- <a id="obligated"></a>Austria: a packaging EPR obligation applies. [#obligated](#obligated)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Versandhändler, die keinen Sitz und keine Niederlassung im örtlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Bundesgesetzes haben (de)
- <a id="level-primary"></a>Austria: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller. [#level-primary](#level-primary)
  Value: manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or online marketplace seller · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="level-secondary"></a>Austria: for secondary packaging the producer is the importer or first distributor. [#level-secondary](#level-secondary)
  Value: importer or first distributor · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="level-service"></a>Austria: for service packaging the producer is the first distributor. [#level-service](#level-service)
  Value: first distributor · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="level-shipping"></a>Austria: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or authorised representative. [#level-shipping](#level-shipping)
  Value: online marketplace seller or authorised representative · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="level-tertiary"></a>Austria: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the first distributor. [#level-tertiary](#level-tertiary)
  Value: first distributor · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="revenue-basis"></a>Austria: the revenue test, where one applies, counts no revenue test. [#revenue-basis](#revenue-basis)
  Value: none · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen (en)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household"></a>Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household)
  Value: 1500 · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-effect"></a>Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-effect](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-effect)
  Value: flat_fee_band · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-logic"></a>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. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-logic](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-logic)
  Value: Systems may offer flat-rate solutions to participants at or below 1500 kg a year, as an alternative to the tariffs · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-basis"></a>Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: household packaging put on the market. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-basis](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_household-basis)
  Value: household packaging put on the market · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial"></a>Austria: the packaging weight limit is 1,500 kg per calendar year. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial)
  Value: 1500 · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-effect"></a>Austria: at the packaging weight limit of 1,500 kg per calendar year, a flat-fee band applies. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-effect](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-effect)
  Value: flat_fee_band · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-logic"></a>Austria: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Same 1500 kg band for commercial packaging. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-logic](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-logic)
  Value: Same 1500 kg band for commercial packaging · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-basis"></a>Austria: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: commercial packaging put on the market. [#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-basis](#threshold-flat_solution_1500kg_commercial-basis)
  Value: commercial packaging put on the market · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="exemption-upstream_participation"></a>Exemption 1: Participation duty lapses where an upstream distributor already participates in a system. [#exemption-upstream_participation](#exemption-upstream_participation)
  Value: upstream-participation · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Versandhändler (de)
- <a id="exemption-upstream_participation-apply"></a>Austria: exemption 1 applies without an application. [#exemption-upstream_participation-apply](#exemption-upstream_participation-apply)
  Value: no · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Versandhändler (de)
- <a id="transfer-allowed"></a>Austria: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules. [#transfer-allowed](#transfer-allowed)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: vorgelagerte Vertriebsstufe, die ihren Sitz im örtlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Bundesgesetzes hat (de)
- <a id="case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_household"></a>Austria: for case 1 (Packaging of 3,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_household](#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_household)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_commercial"></a>Austria: for case 2 (Packaging of 3,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_commercial](#case-vol_above_flat_solution_1500kg_commercial)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
- <a id="case-all_above"></a>Austria: for case 3 (Above every limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-all_above](#case-all_above)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Primärverpflichtete (de)
- <a id="registration-registry"></a>Austria: registration is made with Register nach § 22 AWG 2002 (Bevollmächtigter entry) and contract with an approved collection and recycling system. [#registration-registry](#registration-registry)
  Value: Register nach § 22 AWG 2002 (Bevollmächtigter entry) and contract with an approved collection and recycling system · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Registrierung als Bevollmächtigter im Register gemäß § 22 Abs. 1 AWG 2002 unter Angabe (de)
- <a id="registration-who"></a>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. [#registration-who](#registration-who)
  Value: 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 · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Registrierung als Bevollmächtigter im Register gemäß § 22 Abs. 1 AWG 2002 unter Angabe (de)
- <a id="registration-renewal"></a>Austria: registration renewal: Participation declaration at least annually or on a material change. [#registration-renewal](#registration-renewal)
  Value: Participation declaration at least annually or on a material change · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Registrierung als Bevollmächtigter im Register gemäß § 22 Abs. 1 AWG 2002 unter Angabe (de)
- <a id="registration-identifier"></a>Austria: the registration identifier is called: Register entry under § 22 AWG 2002. [#registration-identifier](#registration-identifier)
  Value: Register entry under § 22 AWG 2002 · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Registrierung als Bevollmächtigter im Register gemäß § 22 Abs. 1 AWG 2002 unter Angabe (de)
- <a id="organisation-model"></a>Austria: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation. [#organisation-model](#organisation-model)
  Value: several competing organisations · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Bevollmächtigte ist eine natürliche oder juristische Person mit Sitz im Inland. (de)
- <a id="organisation-names"></a>Austria: the organisations on record are Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA). [#organisation-names](#organisation-names)
  Value: Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA) · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Bevollmächtigte ist eine natürliche oder juristische Person mit Sitz im Inland. (de)
- <a id="organisation-membership"></a>Austria: membership of an organisation is required. [#organisation-membership](#organisation-membership)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Bevollmächtigte ist eine natürliche oder juristische Person mit Sitz im Inland. (de)
- <a id="organisation-ar"></a>Austria: an authorised representative is required. [#organisation-ar](#organisation-ar)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: Bevollmächtigte ist eine natürliche oder juristische Person mit Sitz im Inland. (de)
- <a id="deadline-ar_appointment_2023"></a>Austria: the registration deadline is January 1, 2023. [#deadline-ar_appointment_2023](#deadline-ar_appointment_2023)
  Value: January 1, 2023 · Source: https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902 · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten für ausländische Versandhändler zu bestellen (de)
- <a id="deadline-ppwr_application"></a>Austria: the other deadline is August 12, 2026. [#deadline-ppwr_application](#deadline-ppwr_application)
  Value: August 12, 2026 · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: It shall apply from 12 August 2026. (en)

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   > Versandhändler, die keinen Sitz und keine Niederlassung im örtlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Bundesgesetzes haben (de)
2. ris.bka.gv.at: GeltendeFassung.wxe (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
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   > nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen (en)
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   > nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
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   > nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden (de)
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   > It shall apply from 12 August 2026. (en)

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