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"title": "Bags packaging EPR Czechia: paper bag fee, 2026 | Instica",
"h1": "Bags packaging EPR Czechia: what a paper bag costs per 1,000 packs, 2026",
"description": "Worked example: 1,000 paper bags in Czechia carry an estimated packaging EPR fee of CZK 357.60 on the 2026 schedule, from published rates.",
"answer": "In Czechia, 1,000 paper bags of the Medium (grocery bag) size (50 g) carry an estimated packaging fee of CZK 357.60 on the 2026 schedule. The range comes from the published rates of EKO-KOM price list that fit each part of the pack. Instica estimates it; you confirm the weights, then sign and submit.",
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"cite": "Instica, “Bags packaging EPR Czechia: what a paper bag costs per 1,000 packs, 2026”, https://instica.com/epr/bag/czechia, last verified 2026-11-04, dataset v1-281284b7e7c1, CC-BY-4.0.",
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"statement": "Czechia: the schedule lists a further fee, “Annual fee under the Contract on Collective Compliance”, of 1600 CZK per year excl. VAT.",
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"markdown": "\n\nIn Czechia, 1,000 paper bags of the Medium (grocery bag) size (50 g) carry an estimated packaging fee of CZK 357.60 on the 2026 schedule. The range comes from the published rates of EKO-KOM price list that fit each part of the pack. Instica estimates it; you confirm the weights, then sign and submit."
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"markdown": "\n\n## What this page estimates for a paper bag in Czechia\n\nThe paper bag on this page is a kraft or white paper bag that carries a product out of a shop or holds it inside a parcel. It has one component, each matched to the published rates of the 2026 schedule of EKO-KOM price list for Czechia; weight times rate gives a fee per 1,000 packs in CZK. The figures are estimates built on starting weights."
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"markdown": "\n\n## What is in a paper bag\n\nThe bag is one paper component. Handles, window patches and inner coatings are not weighed separately in the starting estimate, so weigh a finished bag if yours has them.\n\nStarting weights, an Instica estimate for a typical pack and not a measured weight: bag (paper, 50 g).\n\n- **Bag**: paper, 50 g (Instica starting estimate)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## Worked example: 1,000 paper bags in Czechia\n\nOne paper bag of the Medium (grocery bag) size weighs 50 g in total. For each component the table gives its weight, the matched published rates, and the fee for 1,000 packs.\n\n**Fee for 1,000 paper bags in Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Component | Weight each | Matched published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | --- | ---: | ---: |\n| Bag | 50 g | Sales one-way packaging: paper (paper, paperboard, corrugated board, moulded fibre, paper composite) | CZK 357.60 | CZK 0.3576 |\n\nCzechia: 1,000 paper bags of the Medium (grocery bag) size are estimated at CZK 357.60 in packaging fees.\n\nAdded together, the estimate for 1,000 packs is CZK 357.60.\n\nDivide by 1,000 for a single pack: about CZK 0.3576."
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"markdown": "\n\n## What the fee tool returns for 1,000 paper bags in Czechia\n\nEntered into the public fee tool for Czechia (2026 schedule, effective January 1, 2026), 1,000 paper bags give the figures below. The tool is the same engine that prices a report, so this page and the tool agree.\n\n**Fee tool lines for 1,000 packs, Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Component | Category at the lowest rate | Weight | Fee | Category at the highest rate | Fee |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- | ---: |\n| Bag | Sales one-way packaging: paper (paper, paperboard, corrugated board, moulded fibre, paper composite) | 50 g | CZK 357.60 | Sales one-way packaging: paper (paper, paperboard, corrugated board, moulded fibre, paper composite) | CZK 357.60 |\n\nCzechia: the fee tool returns CZK 357.60 for 1,000 paper bags of the Medium (grocery bag) size (50 g each).\n\nThe tool total is CZK 357.60.\n\n**Fee tool totals for 1,000 packs by size, Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Size | Weight each | Total, lowest rates | Total, highest rates | Per pack, lowest | Per pack, highest |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Small (lunch bag) | 20 g | CZK 143.04 | CZK 143.04 | CZK 0.143 | CZK 0.143 |\n| Medium (grocery bag) | 50 g | CZK 357.60 | CZK 357.60 | CZK 0.3576 | CZK 0.3576 |\n| Large (shopping bag with handles) | 110 g | CZK 786.72 | CZK 786.72 | CZK 0.7867 | CZK 0.7867 |"
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"markdown": "\n\n## Which published rates were matched in Czechia\n\nOne published rate was matched to the pack in Czechia from the 2026 schedule. Each is quoted from the programme’s own fee table; the page does not change the rate or round it.\n\n#### Bag, 50 g: one matched rate\n\n**Rates matched to the bag, Czechia 2026**\n\n| Category | Published rate | Per kilogram | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Sales one-way packaging: paper (paper, paperboard, corrugated board, moulded fibre, paper composite) | 7,152 CZK/tonne | CZK 7.152 | CZK 357.60 | CZK 0.3576 |\n\nCzechia 2026: the category “Sales one-way packaging: paper (paper, paperboard, corrugated board, moulded fibre, paper composite)” is published at 7,152 CZK/tonne."
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"markdown": "\n\n## How size changes the fee for a paper bag\n\nThe weight of a paper bag depends on its size. The table prices each of the 3 sizes with the same matched rates, so the only thing that changes between rows is the weight.\n\n**Fee for 1,000 paper bags by size in Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Size | Weight each | Fee per 1,000 packs, lowest rates | Fee per 1,000 packs, highest rates | Per pack, lowest | Per pack, highest |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Small (lunch bag) | 20 g | CZK 143.04 | CZK 143.04 | CZK 0.143 | CZK 0.143 |\n| Medium (grocery bag) | 50 g | CZK 357.60 | CZK 357.60 | CZK 0.3576 | CZK 0.3576 |\n| Large (shopping bag with handles) | 110 g | CZK 786.72 | CZK 786.72 | CZK 0.7867 | CZK 0.7867 |\n\nEach component of the paper bag priced at every size, at the matched rates for Czechia.\n\n**Fee per 1,000 packs by component and size, Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Component | Small (lunch bag) | Medium (grocery bag) | Large (shopping bag with handles) |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| Bag | 20 g: CZK 143.04 | 50 g: CZK 357.60 | 110 g: CZK 786.72 |"
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"markdown": "\n\n## What if the paper bag used another material?\n\nSuppose the main component of the paper bag, weighing 50 g, were made of another material. The table prices the same weight in each material class that Czechia publishes a rate for, at the lowest published rate in that class.\n\n**Same weight, different material, Czechia, in CZK per 1,000 packs**\n\n| Material | Lowest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate | Highest published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs at that rate |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| paper and board | 7,152 CZK/tonne | CZK 357.60 | 7,152 CZK/tonne | CZK 357.60 |\n| plastic | 859 CZK/tonne | CZK 42.95 | 15,546 CZK/tonne | CZK 777.30 |\n| glass | 1,852 CZK/tonne | CZK 92.60 | 1,852 CZK/tonne | CZK 92.60 |\n| aluminium | 5,220 CZK/tonne | CZK 261.00 | 18,032 CZK/tonne | CZK 901.60 |\n| steel | 2,611 CZK/tonne | CZK 130.55 | 2,611 CZK/tonne | CZK 130.55 |\n\n**Every matched rate of the other materials at 50 g, Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Material | Category | Published rate | Fee per 1,000 packs | Fee per pack |\n| --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| plastic | Single-use plastic litter clean-up reimbursement (Section 10a): beverage containers, packets and wrappers, cups for beverages, food containers, plastic carrier bags | 859 CZK/tonne | CZK 42.95 | CZK 0.043 |\n| plastic | Sales one-way packaging: plastics (PET, PE, PP, PS, PVC, other, biodegradable), soft/flexible, non-beverage and beverage | 15,546 CZK/tonne | CZK 777.30 | CZK 0.7773 |\n| glass | Sales one-way packaging: glass (clear, colour, composite) | 1,852 CZK/tonne | CZK 92.60 | CZK 0.0926 |\n| aluminium | Sales one-way packaging: aluminium and composite Al, rigid/hollow rigid | 5,220 CZK/tonne | CZK 261.00 | CZK 0.261 |\n| aluminium | Sales one-way packaging: aluminium and composite Al, soft/flexible | 18,032 CZK/tonne | CZK 901.60 | CZK 0.9016 |\n| steel | Sales one-way packaging: steel (Fe) and composite Fe | 2,611 CZK/tonne | CZK 130.55 | CZK 0.1306 |\n\nA fee comparison only: another material changes weight and protection too."
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"heading": "What a larger run of paper bags costs in Czechia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What a larger run of paper bags costs in Czechia\n\nFees scale with the number of packs, because the schedule charges by mass. The table repeats the worked example for larger runs of the Medium (grocery bag) paper bag in Czechia. Nothing else changes between rows: the same weights and the same matched rates apply.\n\n**Fee by run size for the paper bag in Czechia, in CZK**\n\n| Packs | Total weight | Fee at the lowest rates | Fee at the highest rates |\n| ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |\n| 100 | 5 kg | CZK 35.76 | CZK 35.76 |\n| 500 | 25 kg | CZK 178.80 | CZK 178.80 |\n| 1,000 | 50 kg | CZK 357.60 | CZK 357.60 |\n| 5,000 | 250 kg | CZK 1,788.00 | CZK 1,788.00 |\n| 10,000 | 500 kg | CZK 3,576.00 | CZK 3,576.00 |\n| 50,000 | 2,500 kg | CZK 17,880.00 | CZK 17,880.00 |\n| 100,000 | 5,000 kg | CZK 35,760.00 | CZK 35,760.00 |\n| 500,000 | 25,000 kg | CZK 178,800.00 | CZK 178,800.00 |\n| 1,000,000 | 50,000 kg | CZK 357,600.00 | CZK 357,600.00 |\n\nCzechia: a single paper bag is estimated at CZK 0.3576 in packaging fees.\n\nCzechia: across all its components, a paper bag is priced at CZK 7.152 per kilogram of packaging.\n\nTaken as a whole, the pack is priced at CZK 7.152 per kilogram of packaging, so a heavier pack costs more in proportion to its weight.\n\nFlat fee bands, registration fees and minimum charges sit outside this per-kilogram table."
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"markdown": "\n\n## The fee schedule behind these figures for Czechia\n\nThe rates come from the 2026 schedule of EKO-KOM price list for Czechia, effective January 1, 2026. The facts below record where it was published and what else the schedule charges.\n\nCzechia: the 2026 fee schedule of EKO-KOM price list, effective January 1, 2026, is the source of the per-kilogram rates used on this page.\n\nCzechia: the schedule lists a further fee, “Annual fee under the Contract on Collective Compliance”, of 1600 CZK per year excl. VAT.\n\nCzechia: the schedule lists a further fee, “Minimum Amount”, of 2000 CZK excl. VAT.\n\nCzechia: the schedule describes its eco-modulation method as “per category”.\n\nThe schedule also lists 2 other fees, which are not part of the per-kilogram estimate on this page.\n\nThe schedule describes an eco-modulation of its rates, so the fee a producer pays can be adjusted up or down from the base rates shown here."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Ways to lower the fee on a paper bag\n\nPaper weight is the lever with the most effect: a lighter grammage lowers the mass that every fee schedule multiplies.\n\nA plain, uncoated bag is usually read as ordinary paper, while a plastic lining or laminated window can move a bag into a different, often dearer, category.\n\nTwisted paper handles weigh little, but cord or ribbon of another material can be reported on its own line by some programmes.\n\nSellers who ship in paper bags often buy them by the thousand, which makes the per-1,000 figure on this page the natural unit for comparing suppliers."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Questions sellers ask\n\n### How much is the EPR fee for a paper bag in Czechia?\n\nFor 1,000 paper bags of the Medium (grocery bag) size, the estimated fee is CZK 357.60 on the 2026 schedule, from the published rates that fit each component.\n\n### Is this the amount I will pay?\n\nNo. It is an estimate for the packaging alone. Registration fees, flat fee bands, eco-modulation and thresholds sit outside the per-kilogram figure. Instica prepares the data; you check, sign and submit it, and Instica never stores regulator login details."
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"markdown": "\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is computed from a sourced fee schedule and from starting weights that Instica labels as estimates, and each carries its data quality. The customer signs and submits the report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rates; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser."
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