Do I owe EPR fees Belgium

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 Belgium. If you have not said, the checker asks first.
2. Do you sell into Belgium? 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 Belgium?

The 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.

• Belgium: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, brand owner, or importer.
• Belgium: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner or importer.

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 Belgium?

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

Size limits in Belgium

Some 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.

The tonnage limit: 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year

Belgium: the tonnage limit is 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year. Belgium: at the tonnage limit of 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year, registration is triggered. Belgium: the tonnage rule reads, in plain words: A three-year prevention plan is required at or above these tonnages. Belgium: the tonnage limit is counted as follows: put on the market; 100 tonnes for companies packaging in Belgium.

Exemptions in Belgium

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: Reusable packaging carries no contribution; only the information obligation applies. Belgium: exemption 1 applies without an application.

What the rules cover in Belgium

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

Belgium: 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 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.

Packaging of 600 tonnes of single-use packaging per year: above the limit

Your 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. 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 Belgium. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.

Belgium: registration is made with EPRiBEL producer register (formerly IVC-CIE); Fost Plus registers members collectively. Belgium: registration is made by this party: Members: Fost Plus on their behalf; non-members register directly through EPRiBEL. Belgium: the registration identifier is called: official registration number via Fost Plus (MyFost). Belgium: the registration fee: annual registration fee only from calendar year 2027.

Belgium: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation. Belgium: the organisations on record are Fost Plus (household) and Valipac (industrial). Belgium: membership of an organisation is not required. Belgium: an authorised representative is required.

Deadlines on record

• Belgium: the other deadline is September 15, 2026.
• Belgium: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.
• Belgium: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026.