Packaging labelling requirements by state data: open data as CSV and JSON
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The EPR labelling rules file holds 61 rows covering 55 jurisdictions, 22 with a value and 39 of them are pending and carry no value. Each row is one labelling or recyclability-claim rule for a market, with source_url, retrieved_at, status and effective_from. It downloads as CSV or JSON under CC BY 4.0.
What the EPR labelling rules file holds
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| The EPR labelling rules file has 61 rows | 61 |
| 22 rows in the EPR labelling rules file are verified | 22 |
| 39 rows in the EPR labelling rules file are pending | 39 |
| 0 rows in the EPR labelling rules file are proposed | 0 |
| 0 rows in the EPR labelling rules file are published records | 0 |
| The EPR labelling rules file has 15 columns | 15 |
| 7 distinct fields are filled in at least one row | 7 |
| The rows cite 49 distinct source addresses | 49 |
| The rows cover 55 jurisdictions | 55 |
| 61 rows carry a verbatim source quote | 61 |
| The oldest source reading in the file is dated September 29, 2026 | 2026-09-29 |
| The newest source reading in the file is dated November 4, 2026 | 2026-11-04 |
| The CSV file is 38.5 KB | 39430 |
| The JSON file is 58.1 KB | 59465 |
| The SHA-256 checksum of the CSV file is 0149a10359e5b7a0c5caffa0cd3d856044af6a377e47cb1c291990f49f2e7d61 | 0149a10359e5b7a0c5caffa0cd3d856044af6a377e47cb1c291990f49f2e7d61 |
| The SHA-256 checksum of the JSON file is 60d0a30b704b403c55915fa308bd11014d5b7119f0135857bdf7a9f1512f6ff4 | 60d0a30b704b403c55915fa308bd11014d5b7119f0135857bdf7a9f1512f6ff4 |
Open this file to check which marks and claims a market allows. One row is one labelling or recyclability-claim rule for a market.
The rows were read from 49 source documents between September 29, 2026 and November 4, 2026. Where a source states an effective date, it falls between March 22, 2006 and August 12, 2028.
39 of the 61 rows are pending. A pending row stays in the file with an empty value and a stated reason, so you can see which figures are not yet published and filter them out before you compute.
| Status | Rows | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
verified | 22 | read from the primary source on retrieved_at |
pending | 39 | no value yet; see pending_reason |
proposed | 0 | a bill or draft, not law |
published | 0 | recorded from the publisher, no review status |
Coverage by jurisdiction
| Jurisdiction | Code | Rows | Verified | Pending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Austria | AT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | BE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bulgaria | BG | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Canada | CA | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alberta | CA-AB | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| British Columbia | CA-BC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Manitoba | CA-MB | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Brunswick | CA-NB | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | CA-NL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nova Scotia | CA-NS | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Northwest Territories | CA-NT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nunavut | CA-NU | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ontario | CA-ON | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Prince Edward Island | CA-PE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Québec | CA-QC | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Saskatchewan | CA-SK | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Yukon | CA-YT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | CH | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cyprus | CY | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Czechia | CZ | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Germany | DE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Denmark | DK | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Estonia | EE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain | ES | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | FI | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France | FR | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| United Kingdom | GB | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax | GB-PPT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Greece | GR | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Croatia | HR | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary | HU | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | IE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Iceland | IS | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | IT | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Liechtenstein | LI | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Lithuania | LT | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Luxembourg | LU | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Latvia | LV | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Malta | MT | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | NL | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Norway | NO | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | PL | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Portugal | PT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | RO | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sweden | SE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovenia | SI | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Slovakia | SK | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| California | US-CA | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Colorado | US-CO | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maryland | US-MD | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Maine | US-ME | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Minnesota | US-MN | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oregon | US-OR | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Washington | US-WA | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sample rows
A spread across the file, plus one pending row when the file has one. A pending row shows its reason, never a number.
| id | value | status | effective_from | retrieved_at | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BG.labelling | {"required":true,"rules":"Persons under ЗУО Art 14(1) mark every package they place on th… | verified | none stated | 2026-11-04 | moew.government.bg |
DK.labelling | {"required":false,"rules":"Marking is optional. If used: as set out in bilag 1 with abbre… | verified | 2026-10-15 | 2026-11-04 | retsinformation.dk |
IT.labelling | {"required":true,"rules":"All packaging must be labelled per UNI standards to aid collect… | verified | none stated | 2026-09-29 | normattiva.it |
NL.labelling | {"required":false,"rules":"Marking is optional. If the producer or importer states the pa… | verified | none stated | 2026-11-04 | wetten.overheid.nl |
labelling.CA-QC.eeq_claim_guidance | {"claim_marks":["recyclable","chasing_arrows","mobius_loop","recycle_symbol"],"rule_origi… | verified | 2026-01-26 | 2026-10-22 | eeq.ca |
AT.labelling | not yet published: No national packaging marking rule verified in the fetched VVO/AWG text. | pending | none stated | 2026-09-29 | ris.bka.gv.at |
Download and checksums
Download labelling.csv (38.5 KB) or labelling.json (58.1 KB). The SHA-256 of the CSV is 0149a10359e5b7a0c5caffa0cd3d856044af6a377e47cb1c291990f49f2e7d61 and of the JSON 60d0a30b704b403c55915fa308bd11014d5b7119f0135857bdf7a9f1512f6ff4; compare them with your copy to confirm you hold this bundle.
From a shell: curl -O https://instica.com/epr/data/labelling.csv. In a spreadsheet, import the CSV as UTF-8 with a comma separator. In a script, read the CSV with any CSV parser, or the JSON file for native types.
Filter on status before you compute. Rows with status pending have no value by design.
Fields
The columns are the same in every file. The full field dictionary explains each one.
Changelog of this file
| Date | Rows read from sources |
|---|---|
| November 4, 2026 | 7 |
| November 3, 2026 | 2 |
| October 22, 2026 | 4 |
| October 7, 2026 | 5 |
| September 29, 2026 | 43 |
How to cite this file
Cite the file you used and the bundle version, so a reader can open the same rows. Plain text:
Instica. Instica EPR open dataset: EPR labelling rules. Bundle v1-281284b7e7c1. https://instica.com/epr/data/labelling. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
BibTeX:
@misc{instica_epr_2026, author = {Instica}, title = {Instica EPR open dataset: EPR labelling rules}, year = {2026}, version = {v1-281284b7e7c1}, url = {https://instica.com/epr/data/labelling}, note = {CC BY 4.0}}
Attribution line for a chart, a table or a model card:
Instica, EPR open dataset (https://instica.com/epr/data), bundle v1-281284b7e7c1, licensed CC BY 4.0. Figures are read from the primary sources named in each row's source_url.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the EPR labelling rules file?
61 rows. Each row is one labelling or recyclability-claim rule for a market.
Can I use this file commercially?
Yes. It is published under CC BY 4.0. Credit Instica, name the bundle version, link to this page and say if you changed the data.
Why does a row have no value?
39 rows here are pending: the figure is not yet published or not yet verified. The row keeps a reason instead of a guess.
How to read these figures
Every figure in the app carries a data-quality label: measured, supplier, estimated or declared. How we measure and label figures. This page is information, not legal advice.
Sources
- Instica EPR labelling rules (CSV) retrieved
- eur-lex.europa.eu retrieved
- knowledge.werecycle.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- boe.es retrieved
- calrecycle.ca.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- gov.uk retrieved (not yet published)
- legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca retrieved
- albertarecycling.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- althingi.is retrieved (not yet published)
- app.leg.wa.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- bclaws.gov.bc.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- cdphe.colorado.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- codes.findlaw.com retrieved (not yet published)
- ecologie.gouv.fr retrieved
- eeq.ca retrieved
- ekokom.cz retrieved
- eli.gov.pl retrieved (not yet published)
- eoan.gr retrieved
- fedlex.admin.ch retrieved
- fostplus.be retrieved (not yet published)
- greendot.com.cy retrieved (not yet published)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca retrieved
- laws.gnb.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- laws.yukon.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- legifrance.gouv.fr retrieved
- legislature.maine.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- llv.li retrieved (not yet published)
- lovdata.no retrieved (not yet published)
- mgaleg.maryland.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- moew.government.bg retrieved
- mohu.hu retrieved (not yet published)
- narodne-novine.nn.hr retrieved
- normattiva.it retrieved
- novascotia.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- oregon.gov retrieved (not yet published)
- pakendiringlus.ee retrieved (not yet published)
- pontoverde.pt retrieved (not yet published)
- recyclemanitoba.ca retrieved (not yet published)
- repak.ie retrieved (not yet published)
- retsinformation.dk retrieved
- revisor.mn.gov retrieved (not yet published)
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