# Czechia EPR obligation

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

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Under the rules we hold, Czechia has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The size limit on record is CZK 2,000, 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 Czechia. If you have not said, the checker asks first.
2. Do you sell into Czechia? 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 Czechia?

The first question is whose duty it is. Czechia 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 Czechia**

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

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

> **Not yet published**: how revenue is counted: not yet published. Reason: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

> **Not yet published**: how affiliated companies are counted: not yet published. Reason: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

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## Size limits in Czechia

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

#### <a id="threshold-cz_min_amount-heading"></a>The revenue limit: CZK 2,000

[Czechia: the revenue limit is CZK 2,000.](#threshold-cz_min_amount) [Czechia: at the revenue limit of CZK 2,000, a flat-fee band applies.](#threshold-cz_min_amount-effect) [Czechia: the revenue rule reads, in plain words: Below the EKO-KOM Minimum Amount, no remuneration deposits are due and remuneration is payable once a year.](#threshold-cz_min_amount-logic) [Czechia: the revenue limit is counted as follows: annual remuneration.](#threshold-cz_min_amount-basis)

> the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT)
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> Source: ekokom.cz: fees (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en

Paraphrase: The source sets the revenue limit at CZK 2,000.

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## Exemptions in Czechia

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

> **Not yet published**: an exemption: not yet published. Reason: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

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## What the rules cover in Czechia

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

[Czechia: 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 Czechia. 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-rev_at_cz_min_amount-heading"></a>Revenue of CZK 2,000: exactly at the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and your revenue is CZK 2,000, exactly the limit of CZK 2,000. 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-rev_at_cz_min_amount) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

#### <a id="case-rev_above_cz_min_amount-heading"></a>Revenue of CZK 4,000: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and your revenue is CZK 4,000, twice the limit of CZK 2,000. 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-rev_above_cz_min_amount) 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 Czechia. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.

[Czechia: registration is made with List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste (Ministry of the Environment).](#registration-registry) [Czechia: registration is made by this party: Any subject placing packaging or packaged products on the market or into circulation.](#registration-who) [Czechia: registration renewal: annual record fee.](#registration-renewal) [Czechia: the registration fee: 800 CZK registration fee and 800 CZK record fee per subsequent year.](#registration-fee)

[Czechia: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation.](#organisation-model) [Czechia: the organisations on record are EKO-KOM, a.s.](#organisation-names) [Czechia: membership of an organisation is not required.](#organisation-membership)

#### Deadlines on record

- [Czechia: the other deadline is January 1, 2023.](#deadline-cz_littering_2023)
- [Czechia: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application)
- [Czechia: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative)

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## Frequently asked questions

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

Under the rules we hold, Czechia has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The size limit on record is CZK 2,000, 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 Czechia?

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

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

Yes. The limit on record is CZK 2,000; 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 Czechia?

Membership of an organisation is not required under the rules we hold.

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

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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## 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>Czechia: a packaging EPR obligation applies. [#obligated](#obligated)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: to take-back and recovery of packaging waste (en)
- <a id="level-primary"></a>Czechia: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. [#level-primary](#level-primary)
  Value: manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="level-secondary"></a>Czechia: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. [#level-secondary](#level-secondary)
  Value: manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="level-service"></a>Czechia: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. [#level-service](#level-service)
  Value: manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="level-shipping"></a>Czechia: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner. [#level-shipping](#level-shipping)
  Value: online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="level-tertiary"></a>Czechia: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. [#level-tertiary](#level-tertiary)
  Value: manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="threshold-cz_min_amount"></a>Czechia: the revenue limit is CZK 2,000. [#threshold-cz_min_amount](#threshold-cz_min_amount)
  Value: 2000 · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="threshold-cz_min_amount-effect"></a>Czechia: at the revenue limit of CZK 2,000, a flat-fee band applies. [#threshold-cz_min_amount-effect](#threshold-cz_min_amount-effect)
  Value: flat_fee_band · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="threshold-cz_min_amount-logic"></a>Czechia: the revenue rule reads, in plain words: Below the EKO-KOM Minimum Amount, no remuneration deposits are due and remuneration is payable once a year. [#threshold-cz_min_amount-logic](#threshold-cz_min_amount-logic)
  Value: Below the EKO-KOM Minimum Amount, no remuneration deposits are due and remuneration is payable once a year · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="threshold-cz_min_amount-basis"></a>Czechia: the revenue limit is counted as follows: annual remuneration. [#threshold-cz_min_amount-basis](#threshold-cz_min_amount-basis)
  Value: annual remuneration · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="transfer-allowed"></a>Czechia: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules. [#transfer-allowed](#transfer-allowed)
  Value: yes · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: if expressly determined by the Contract on Transfer of Ownership (en)
- <a id="case-rev_at_cz_min_amount"></a>Czechia: for case 1 (Revenue of CZK 2,000: exactly at the limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-rev_at_cz_min_amount](#case-rev_at_cz_min_amount)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="case-rev_above_cz_min_amount"></a>Czechia: for case 2 (Revenue of CZK 4,000: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-rev_above_cz_min_amount](#case-rev_above_cz_min_amount)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
- <a id="case-all_above"></a>Czechia: for case 3 (Above every limit) the engine's result is obligated. [#case-all_above](#case-all_above)
  Value: obligated · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
- <a id="registration-registry"></a>Czechia: registration is made with List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste (Ministry of the Environment). [#registration-registry](#registration-registry)
  Value: List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste (Ministry of the Environment) · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days (en)
- <a id="registration-who"></a>Czechia: registration is made by this party: Any subject placing packaging or packaged products on the market or into circulation. [#registration-who](#registration-who)
  Value: Any subject placing packaging or packaged products on the market or into circulation · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days (en)
- <a id="registration-renewal"></a>Czechia: registration renewal: annual record fee. [#registration-renewal](#registration-renewal)
  Value: annual record fee · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days (en)
- <a id="registration-fee"></a>Czechia: the registration fee: 800 CZK registration fee and 800 CZK record fee per subsequent year. [#registration-fee](#registration-fee)
  Value: 800 CZK registration fee and 800 CZK record fee per subsequent year · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days (en)
- <a id="organisation-model"></a>Czechia: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation. [#organisation-model](#organisation-model)
  Value: one producer responsibility organisation · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: You can enter into a Contract on Collective Compliance with authorised packaging company (en)
- <a id="organisation-names"></a>Czechia: the organisations on record are EKO-KOM, a.s. [#organisation-names](#organisation-names)
  Value: EKO-KOM, a.s. · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: You can enter into a Contract on Collective Compliance with authorised packaging company (en)
- <a id="organisation-membership"></a>Czechia: membership of an organisation is not required. [#organisation-membership](#organisation-membership)
  Value: no · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: You can enter into a Contract on Collective Compliance with authorised packaging company (en)
- <a id="deadline-cz_littering_2023"></a>Czechia: the other deadline is January 1, 2023. [#deadline-cz_littering_2023](#deadline-cz_littering_2023)
  Value: January 1, 2023 · Source: https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/ · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: This obligation became effective on the 1st of January 2023. (en)
- <a id="deadline-ppwr_application"></a>Czechia: 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)
- <a id="deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative"></a>Czechia: the registration deadline is August 12, 2026. [#deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative](#deadline-ppwr_authorised_representative)
  Value: August 12, 2026 · Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng · Retrieved: September 29, 2026 · Status: verified
  Verbatim quote: shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where (en)

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## Sources

1. ekokom.cz: statutory obligations (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > to take-back and recovery of packaging waste (en)
2. eur-lex.europa.eu: oj (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users (en)
3. ekokom.cz: fees (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT) (en)
4. ekokom.cz: statutory obligations (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > if expressly determined by the Contract on Transfer of Ownership (en)
5. ekokom.cz: statutory obligations (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days (en)
6. ekokom.cz: statutory obligations (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > You can enter into a Contract on Collective Compliance with authorised packaging company (en)
7. ekokom.cz: statutory obligations (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > This obligation became effective on the 1st of January 2023. (en)
8. eur-lex.europa.eu: eng (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > It shall apply from 12 August 2026. (en)
9. eur-lex.europa.eu: eng (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Status: verified
   > shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where (en)

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