Denmark EPR

Packaging EPR in Denmark: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Denmark. 9 of 15 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 6 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on November 4, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on November 4, 2026.

Regime

Danish producer responsibility for packaging, administered through the national register kept by Dansk Producentansvar

Regulator

Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority)

Producers obliged

Yes

System

registered schemes that producers join

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

3

Who is the producer in Denmark

In Denmark, packaging EPR obliges producers to organise or fund the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. The sections below set out who counts as the producer, which thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, and what has to be filed.

The producer hierarchy decides who answers for a pack when several businesses touch it. For Denmark, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Roles matter because an online seller, an importer and a brand owner can each be the producer for the same pack, and a pack is counted once. If you sell into Denmark through a marketplace, check whether the marketplace or you are recorded as the obligated party. Confirm who is responsible for reporting.

Thresholds that apply in Denmark

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Denmark publishes 1 verified threshold.

Basis of the tonnage threshold: packaging marketed in the previous year.

Exemptions in Denmark

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Denmark lists 1 exemption in the dataset. Some apply automatically; others only apply if you ask the regulator for them, usually within a window.

Registration and the system in Denmark

Registration is where an obligation becomes visible to the regulator. The records below show whether Denmark asks producers to register, with whom, and which organisation or scheme carries the collection and recycling system.

Who registers: Businesses making covered packaging available on the Danish market

Registry (opens the official registry page).

Applies to: National rule not verified; PPWR Art 45(3) from 12 Aug 2026

Deadlines in Denmark

Denmark records 5 deadlines, 5 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Denmark.

Every verified date we hold for Denmark falls on or before November 9, 2026, so none is still ahead. Check the regulator for the next one.

3 obligations recur on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.

See every deadline for Denmark, with its period and what it requires, on the Denmark deadlines page.

A deadline is a date the regulator published, not a date we set. We can estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file; you sign and submit it in the regulator's own portal.

Fees and reporting in Denmark

Denmark publishes 3 fee schedules, for fee years 2025, 2026, and 2027. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

• Denmark 2025 fees: rates by material for fee year 2025.
• Denmark 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.
• Denmark 2027 fees: rates by material for fee year 2027.

The report you file is a defined file or form. Denmark records 1 format; we prepare the file to that specification and you upload it yourself.

Denmark packaging declaration (working layout) is a csv file submitted through Not identified; the customer signs in to the recipient's service and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

Columns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Denmark report format page.

Denmark: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2027 DPA annual fees (packaging) schedule for Denmark into 1 material classes. For each class the table gives the lowest and highest published rate in DKK per kilogram and the unweighted mean in DKK per tonne, with a link to the source the rates were read from, retrieved November 3, 2026.

Instica holds 2 schedules for Denmark priced in the same currency, from 2026 to 2027. The table gives the unweighted mean per tonne of each material class in each schedule, and the change from the earliest schedule in which the class appears to the latest.

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Denmark

Labelling note: Marking is optional. If used: as set out in bilag 1 with abbreviations and number codes; on the packaging itself or on its label; clearly visible and legible (§ 13).

Labelling, language, target and penalty rules are the parts of a regime that are easiest to miss. A report filed in the wrong language or a pack without a required mark can cost as much as a late payment, so read each of these against your own products.

Denmark compared with nearby places

Rules do not stop at a border. A business that sells into Denmark usually sells into its neighbours too, and the thresholds and deadlines differ. The table reads Denmark against the places closest to it that have verified data.

Denmark read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Denmark against one place from the table above, using only records verified for both. A part is left out when either side is not yet published.

Denmark and Germany both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister (ZSVR), which runs the LUCID Packaging Register; competent state authorities enforce next door. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Germany runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first threshold is 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark against 10 tonnes of tonnage in Germany, so a seller can be in scope here and below the line next door. The earliest recorded deadline is August 12, 2026 in Denmark and December 31, 2026 in Germany, 141 days earlier here.

Denmark and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL) next door. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Belgium runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year of tonnage in Belgium, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Denmark and Italy both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system next door. Both run registered schemes that producers join. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Denmark and Austria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Austria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is August 12, 2026 in Denmark and January 1, 2023 in Austria, 1319 days later here.

Denmark and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Cantons enforce (Art 25); the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) receives the reports and mandates and supervises the glass-fee organisation (Art 14-15, 21-24) next door. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Switzerland runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Denmark and Bulgaria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Bulgaria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 10 tonnes per year of tonnage in Bulgaria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Denmark and Spain both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment next door. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Spain runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 3.35 tonnes of tonnage in Denmark and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Denmark and Croatia both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Energistyrelsen (supervisory authority) in Denmark and Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost (FZOEU) next door. Denmark runs registered schemes that producers join, while Croatia runs a government-run programme. Registration is required in both. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Where Denmark sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Denmark holds 9 of 17 and ranks 22 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are Croatia (10), Latvia (10), Norway (10), Washington (10), Nova Scotia (9) and Germany (9). The places just behind it are Netherlands (9), Sweden (9), Maine (9), Minnesota (9), Manitoba (8) and Czechia (8).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Denmark holds 17 and ranks 16 of 53. Ahead of it are California (20), Minnesota (19), Germany (18), Maryland (18), Bulgaria (17) and Czechia (17). Behind it are Colorado (17), Maine (17), New Brunswick (16), Nova Scotia (16), Saskatchewan (16) and Switzerland (16).

All 31 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Denmark is not an outlier among its neighbours.

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Denmark comes 15 of 41, on August 12, 2026. Before it come Québec (May 31, 2026, 73 days earlier), Maryland (May 31, 2026, 73 days earlier), Minnesota (May 31, 2026, 73 days earlier), Belgium (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Bulgaria (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Cyprus (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come Estonia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Spain (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Finland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), France (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Greece (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Croatia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in tonnage, Denmark sits 2 of 5 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Denmark

Denmark has 6 of 15 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

Who the rules apply to

Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

Transfer of the obligation

Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

The revenue basis

Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.

The material categories

Reason recorded: Reporting category list not read.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.