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  "h1": "Do I owe EPR fees Belgium",
  "description": "Under the rules we hold, Belgium has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer.",
  "answer": "Under the rules we hold, Belgium has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer. The size limit on record is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.",
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member",
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        "quote": "Companies that produce or import service packaging in order to put it on the Belgian market.",
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      "statement": "Belgium: the tonnage limit is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year.",
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      "statement": "Belgium: the tonnage rule reads, in plain words: A three-year prevention plan is required at or above these tonnages.",
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      "statement": "Belgium: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.",
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member",
        "quote": "Companies that produce or import service packaging in order to put it on the Belgian market.",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe#registration-registry",
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      "statement": "Belgium: registration is made with EPRiBEL producer register (formerly IVC-CIE); Fost Plus registers members collectively.",
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "Companies that are not members of Fost Plus or another recognised EPR organisation can register directly through EPRiBEL",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "statement": "Belgium: registration is made by this party: Members: Fost Plus on their behalf; non-members register directly through EPRiBEL.",
      "value": "Members: Fost Plus on their behalf; non-members register directly through EPRiBEL",
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "Companies that are not members of Fost Plus or another recognised EPR organisation can register directly through EPRiBEL",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "leafPath": "BE.registration.identifier_name",
      "statement": "Belgium: the registration identifier is called: official registration number via Fost Plus (MyFost).",
      "value": "official registration number via Fost Plus (MyFost)",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "Companies that are not members of Fost Plus or another recognised EPR organisation can register directly through EPRiBEL",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "leafPath": "BE.registration.fee",
      "statement": "Belgium: the registration fee: annual registration fee only from calendar year 2027.",
      "value": "annual registration fee only from calendar year 2027",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "Companies that are not members of Fost Plus or another recognised EPR organisation can register directly through EPRiBEL",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "organisation-model",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe#organisation-model",
      "leafPath": "BE.organisation.model",
      "statement": "Belgium: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation.",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "leafPath": "BE.organisation.names",
      "statement": "Belgium: the organisations on record are Fost Plus (household) and Valipac (industrial).",
      "value": "Fost Plus (household) and Valipac (industrial)",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "organisation-membership",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe#organisation-membership",
      "leafPath": "BE.organisation.membership_required",
      "statement": "Belgium: membership of an organisation is not required.",
      "value": false,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "organisation-ar",
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      "leafPath": "BE.organisation.authorised_representative.required",
      "statement": "Belgium: an authorised representative is required.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
        "quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "deadline-declaration_amend_2025",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe#deadline-declaration_amend_2025",
      "leafPath": "BE.deadlines[declaration-amend-2025]",
      "statement": "Belgium: the other deadline is September 15, 2026.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/declaration",
        "quote": "Exceptionally, you can still amend your 2025 declaration until 15 September this year.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "id": "deadline-ppwr_application",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe#deadline-ppwr_application",
      "leafPath": "BE.deadlines[ppwr-application]",
      "statement": "Belgium: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
        "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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      "leafPath": "BE.deadlines[ppwr-authorised-representative]",
      "statement": "Belgium: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026.",
      "value": "2026-08-12",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
        "quote": "shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where",
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      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Belgium has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer. The size limit on record is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging."
    },
    {
      "id": "tool",
      "heading": "Check your own case",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"tool\"></a>\n\n## Check your own case\n\nChoose 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.\n\nInteractive tool: Do-I-owe checker (works on the web page)\n\nThe 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)"
    },
    {
      "id": "how",
      "heading": "How the checker reaches a result",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"how\"></a>\n\n## How the checker reaches a result\n\nThe 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.\n\n1. 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 Belgium. If you have not said, the checker asks first.\n2. Do you sell into Belgium? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared."
    },
    {
      "id": "producer",
      "heading": "Who is the producer in Belgium?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"producer\"></a>\n\n## Who is the producer in Belgium?\n\nThe first question is whose duty it is. Belgium assigns the duty by packaging level, and the table shows which roles count as the producer at each level.\n\n<a id=\"producer-levels\"></a>**Producer by packaging level in Belgium**\n\n| Packaging level | Producer |\n| --- | --- |\n| primary (sales) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer](#level-primary) |\n| service packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner or importer](#level-service) |\n\n- [Belgium: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer.](#level-primary)\n- [Belgium: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner or importer.](#level-service)\n\nFind 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "revenue",
      "heading": "Does revenue matter in Belgium?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"revenue\"></a>\n\n## Does revenue matter in Belgium?\n\n[The rules we hold for Belgium set no revenue test, so revenue alone does not decide whether you owe.](#revenue-basis)\n\n> **Not yet published**: how affiliated companies are counted: not yet published. Reason: No group aggregation rule on the fetched pages."
    },
    {
      "id": "thresholds",
      "heading": "Size limits in Belgium",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"thresholds\"></a>\n\n## Size limits in Belgium\n\nSome rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for Belgium, each with what happens when you meet it.\n\n#### <a id=\"threshold-prevention_plan_300t-heading\"></a>The tonnage limit: 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year\n\n[Belgium: the tonnage limit is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year.](#threshold-prevention_plan_300t) [Belgium: at the tonnage limit of 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year, registration is triggered.](#threshold-prevention_plan_300t-effect) [Belgium: the tonnage rule reads, in plain words: A three-year prevention plan is required at or above these tonnages.](#threshold-prevention_plan_300t-logic) [Belgium: the tonnage limit is counted as follows: put on the market; 100 tonnes for companies packaging in Belgium.](#threshold-prevention_plan_300t-basis)\n\n> companies that put at least 300 tonnes of single-use packaging on the market annually\n>\n> Source: fostplus.be: become a fost plus member (https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nParaphrase: The source sets the tonnage limit at 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year."
    },
    {
      "id": "exemptions",
      "heading": "Exemptions in Belgium",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"exemptions\"></a>\n\n## Exemptions in Belgium\n\nAn exemption removes the duty for a producer that meets its conditions. Some must be applied for; others apply on their own.\n\n#### <a id=\"exemption-reusable_packaging-heading\"></a>Exemption 1\n\n[Exemption 1: Reusable packaging carries no contribution; only the information obligation applies.](#exemption-reusable_packaging) [Belgium: exemption 1 applies without an application.](#exemption-reusable_packaging-apply)"
    },
    {
      "id": "scope",
      "heading": "What the rules cover in Belgium",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"scope\"></a>\n\n## What the rules cover in Belgium\n\nA duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Belgium.\n\n[Belgium: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed)"
    },
    {
      "id": "cases",
      "heading": "Every case, worked through",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"cases\"></a>\n\n## Every case, worked through\n\nBelow, the same engine that powers the checker is run on a set of standard cases for Belgium. 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 September 29, 2026; they are not rules.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_above_prevention_plan_300t-heading\"></a>Packaging of 600 tonnes of single-use packaging per year: above the limit\n\nYour own brand is on the goods and you supply 600 tonnes of single-use packaging per year of packaging, twice the limit of 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per 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_prevention_plan_300t) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-all_above-heading\"></a>Above every limit\n\nYour 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "after",
      "heading": "If you owe: what happens next",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"after\"></a>\n\n## If you owe: what happens next\n\nIf the result is obligated, these are the steps on record for Belgium. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.\n\n[Belgium: registration is made with EPRiBEL producer register (formerly IVC-CIE); Fost Plus registers members collectively.](#registration-registry) [Belgium: registration is made by this party: Members: Fost Plus on their behalf; non-members register directly through EPRiBEL.](#registration-who) [Belgium: the registration identifier is called: official registration number via Fost Plus (MyFost).](#registration-identifier) [Belgium: the registration fee: annual registration fee only from calendar year 2027.](#registration-fee)\n\n[Belgium: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation.](#organisation-model) [Belgium: the organisations on record are Fost Plus (household) and Valipac (industrial).](#organisation-names) [Belgium: membership of an organisation is not required.](#organisation-membership) [Belgium: an authorised representative is required.](#organisation-ar)\n\n#### Deadlines on record\n\n- [Belgium: the other deadline is September 15, 2026.](#deadline-declaration_amend_2025)\n- [Belgium: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application)\n- [Belgium: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative)"
    },
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      "id": "faq",
      "heading": "Frequently asked questions",
      "kind": "faq",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"faq\"></a>\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### <a id=\"faq-owe\"></a>Do I owe packaging EPR in Belgium?\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Belgium has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer. The size limit on record is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-producer\"></a>Who is the producer in Belgium?\n\nAt the primary packaging level the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer. The table above lists the other levels.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-limit\"></a>Is there a size limit in Belgium?\n\nYes. The limit on record is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year; below it the rules treat you differently, as the cases above show.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-organisation\"></a>Do I have to join a producer responsibility organisation in Belgium?\n\nMembership of an organisation is not required under the rules we hold.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-register\"></a>Will Instica register or file for me in Belgium?\n\nNo. Instica measures, estimates and prepares your figures and files. You register, sign and submit each filing yourself, and Instica never stores portal credentials.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-legal\"></a>Is this legal advice?\n\nNo. 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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    {
      "id": "paa",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "paa",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"paa\"></a>\n\n### <a id=\"paa-1\"></a>What are EPR packaging fees?\n\n[Belgium: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated) [Belgium: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer.](#level-primary)\n\n### <a id=\"paa-2\"></a>Who pays EPR fees?\n\n[Belgium: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed) [Belgium: the other deadline is September 15, 2026.](#deadline-declaration_amend_2025)\n\n### <a id=\"paa-3\"></a>What states have EPR fees?\n\n[Belgium: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application) [Belgium: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative)"
    },
    {
      "id": "estimate",
      "heading": "How to read these figures",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"estimate\"></a>\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **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.\n\nEvery 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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    {
      "id": "review",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"review\"></a>\n\n[Our reviewers](https://instica.com/epr/reviewers)."
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Does your company put household packaging on the market? Then you have an obligation to report on this packaging to the government.",
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member",
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      "quote": "Companies that produce or import service packaging in order to put it on the Belgian market.",
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/declaration",
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      "quote": "Depending on the declaration system that you choose, the rates are applied per kg or per unit.",
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/become-a-fost-plus-member",
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      "quote": "companies that put at least 300 tonnes of single-use packaging on the market annually",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/declaration",
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      "quote": "You do not pay any contribution for reusable packaging in your declaration.",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "they may issue a written mandate to the platforms to fulfil their EPR obligations on their behalf",
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Companies that are not members of Fost Plus or another recognised EPR organisation can register directly through EPRiBEL",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/blog/ppwr-insights-8-mandatory-registration-in-producer-register-fost-plus-handles-it-for-you",
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      "quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
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      "url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/declaration",
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      "quote": "Exceptionally, you can still amend your 2025 declaration until 15 September this year.",
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      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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      "quote": "shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where",
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          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/fee-calculator"
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          "anchor": "Cans packaging EPR Belgium",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/can/belgium"
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          "anchor": "Cartons packaging EPR Belgium",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/carton/belgium"
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          "anchor": "Jars EPR fees Belgium",
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          "anchor": "Mailers EPR fees Belgium",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/mailer/belgium"
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          "anchor": "Pouches packaging EPR Belgium",
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          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees California",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/california/do-i-owe"
        },
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          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees Colorado",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/colorado/do-i-owe"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "Czechia EPR obligation",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/czechia/do-i-owe"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "Do I need to register for EPR",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/do-i-owe"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees Germany",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/germany/do-i-owe"
        }
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