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Shopify maintains backward compatibility with older column names", "quoteLang": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-08", "status": "verified", "label": null } } ], "sections": [ { "id": "answer", "heading": null, "kind": "answer", "markdown": "\n\nFor Shopify sales in Czechia, the sourced hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor as the producer of primary packaging. It adds secondary (manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor) and shipping (manufacturer or brand owner). Instica estimates which role fits your sales and prepares the data; you confirm the role, then sign and submit." }, { "id": "producer", "heading": "Who is the producer for Shopify sales in Czechia?", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Who is the producer for Shopify sales in Czechia?\n\nA packaging producer is not one business for every pack. The hierarchy for Czechia assigns a role at each packaging level, and 5 levels have roles named in the sourced text. Shopify sales touch 4 of them in Instica’s grouping, so the table below shows every level and marks the ones that apply to this channel.\n\n**Producer roles by packaging level in Czechia**\n\n| Packaging level | Roles named in the hierarchy | For Shopify |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| primary | manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor | Applies to Shopify sales |\n| secondary | manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor | Applies to Shopify sales |\n| tertiary | manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor | Not part of a typical Shopify order |\n| shipping | online marketplace seller and manufacturer or brand owner | Applies, without the marketplace roles |\n| service | manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor | Applies to Shopify sales |\n| other | — | No role named |\n\nCzechia: at the primary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor (2026).\n\nPrimary packaging is the pack that directly holds the item and reaches the customer with it: the bag, jar, bottle, can or wrapper. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor, in that order of precedence.\n\nCzechia: at the secondary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor (2026).\n\nSecondary packaging groups or presents primary packs, such as an outer box, a sleeve or a multipack carton. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor, in that order of precedence.\n\nCzechia: at the tertiary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor (2026).\n\nTertiary packaging moves goods in bulk: pallets, stretch wrap, corner boards and outer cartons for warehouse and freight. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor, in that order of precedence.\n\nCzechia: at the shipping packaging level the producer hierarchy names the online marketplace seller and manufacturer or brand owner (2026).\n\nShipping packaging is what an order travels in to the customer: the mailer or shipping box, void fill, tape and labels. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the online marketplace seller and manufacturer or brand owner, in that order of precedence.\n\nCzechia: at the service packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor (2026).\n\nService packaging is supplied at the point of sale to hand goods over, such as carrier bags, takeaway containers and gift wrap. For Shopify sales the hierarchy assigns it to the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor, in that order of precedence.\n\nThe roles above are defined by the law, not by the channel. This is what each one means for a seller whose orders come through Shopify, and the tests below are the questions to answer about your own business. On Shopify you run the storefront yourself, so you often hold the seller, packer and shipper positions together. The marketplace roles in the hierarchy do not apply to you, but the product roles do.\n\n- **manufacturer or brand owner**: The manufacturer or brand owner is the maker of the packaged product when it is sold under the maker’s own brand or with no brand shown. Look at the label: if your name or brand is the one on the pack, or no brand is shown and you made it, this role is yours.\n- **importer**: The importer is the business that brings the packaged goods, or the packaging itself, into the jurisdiction. Look at where the goods came from: stock that crossed the border to reach you makes you the importer for that stock.\n- **first distributor**: The first distributor is the business that first makes the packaged goods available in the jurisdiction. Look at who first made the goods available locally: if that was you, the role falls to you.\n\nThe statute or regulator text behind the Czechia hierarchy, in its source wording:\n\n> makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users\n>\n> Source: eur-lex.europa.eu: oj (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en" }, { "id": "outcome", "heading": "What Shopify changes about the answer", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What Shopify changes about the answer\n\nThe hub for Czechia gives the default answer, primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor. For Shopify sales the outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor; secondary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor; shipping: manufacturer or brand owner; service: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor. The difference is the secondary, shipping and service levels, which an order placed through Shopify brings into scope and a plain in-store sale does not.\n\nInstica groups the packaging levels an order placed through Shopify produces as primary, secondary, shipping and service. That grouping is our reading of how the channel ships goods, not wording from the law, and it is what makes the outcome here different from the default.\n\nA Shopify store is your own storefront: you are the seller of record, you choose the packaging and you usually ship the order yourself or through a logistics partner. No marketplace sits between you and the customer, so marketplace roles do not apply.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Czechia, the producer outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner then importer then first distributor.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Czechia, the producer outcome is secondary: manufacturer or brand owner then importer then first distributor.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Czechia, the producer outcome is shipping: manufacturer or brand owner.\n\nFor Shopify sales in Czechia, the producer outcome is service: manufacturer or brand owner then importer then first distributor.\n\nThe hierarchy for Czechia also names online marketplace seller. Those roles describe marketplace operators and their sellers, so they are left out of the Shopify outcome.\n\nCzechia lists these sales routes as in scope: import, filling and sale in the Czech Republic.\n\nCzechia treats these sales routes as in scope: import, filling and sale in the Czech Republic. Orders placed through Shopify reach the customer remotely, so the remote-sale wording is the one to read." }, { "id": "thresholds", "heading": "Does a small-seller threshold apply in Czechia?", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Does a small-seller threshold apply in Czechia?\n\nOne threshold is published for Czechia. A threshold can exempt a small producer, trigger registration or move a producer to a lighter regime, so check these before anything else as a seller on Shopify.\n\n**Thresholds published for Czechia**\n\n| Measure | Amount | Effect | Basis |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| revenue | CZK 2,000 | flat fee band | annual remuneration |\n\nCzechia threshold on revenue: CZK 2,000; effect: flat fee band.\n\nSales on Shopify count toward the same totals as every other channel you sell through." }, { "id": "register", "heading": "Registration and the organisation in Czechia", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Registration and the organisation in Czechia\n\nOnce you know you are the producer, the next questions are where to register and with whom. The facts below are the sourced answers for Czechia; Instica prepares the data, and you register and report yourself.\n\nCzechia: producers must register through List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste (Ministry of the Environment).\n\nThe registration point is List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste (Ministry of the Environment) (https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/). Instica never stores your login for it and never files for you.\n\nCzechia organises producer responsibility through a single producer responsibility organisation: EKO-KOM, a.s.; membership is not required.\n\nCzechia uses a single producer responsibility organisation. Instica estimates your fees; the organisation invoices you.\n\nCzechia allows a producer’s obligation to be transferred to another party.\n\nA transfer lets another party take on your obligation; the source says Contract on Transfer of Ownership, or Contract on Collective Compliance with EKO-KOM. If you sell through Shopify, ask whether the other party is willing before you rely on it." }, { "id": "exemptions", "heading": "Exemptions listed for Czechia", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Exemptions listed for Czechia\n\nNo verified exemption is published for Czechia yet." }, { "id": "deadlines", "heading": "Dates that matter in Czechia", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Dates that matter in Czechia\n\n6 dates are published for Czechia. Dates come from the regulator or the organisation, and each one shows what it covers.\n\n**Dates published for Czechia**\n\n| Kind | Date | Covers | Note |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| report | by 15 February each year | — | Section 15 records announced to the Ministry of the Environment; the record fee is also due by 15 February. |\n| registration | within 60 days of the obligation arising | — | Section 14. |\n| other | January 1, 2023 | — | Section 10a reimbursement of littering clean-up costs to municipalities, single-use plastic food/beverage packaging and carrier bags. |\n| other | August 12, 2026 | — | Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR) applies from this date; national EPR rules continue alongside it. |\n| registration | August 12, 2026 | — | PPWR Art 45(3): a producer selling directly to end users in another Member State (Art 3(1)(15)(c),(d)) must appoint an authorised representative for EPR in each Member State where it first makes packaging available, other than its own. Registration also required (Art 44(2),(4)). Instica never acts as authorised representative. |\n| report | 1 June each year, for the preceding full calendar year | — | PPWR Art 44(7) annual submission of Annex IX Part B information to the register authority; national implementation of the register is pending. |\n\nCzechia: report date by 15 February each year.\n\nCzechia: registration date within 60 days of the obligation arising.\n\nCzechia: other date January 1, 2023.\n\nCzechia: other date August 12, 2026.\n\nCzechia: registration date August 12, 2026.\n\nCzechia: report date 1 June each year, for the preceding full calendar year.\n\nPull Shopify orders for the period before each reporting date, so gaps in the destination data show up while there is time to fix them." }, { "id": "penalties", "heading": "Penalties in Czechia", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## Penalties in Czechia\n\nNo verified penalty is published for Czechia yet." }, { "id": "data", "heading": "What Shopify data Instica reads", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What Shopify data Instica reads\n\nInstica reads 2 exports from Shopify and maps each column to the fields an estimate needs: the order, the SKU, the quantity and where the order was sent. The destination is what splits your units by jurisdiction.\n\n**How the Shopify order export maps to Instica fields**\n\n| Instica field | Column in the export | Needed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Cancelled at | Canceled at / Cancelled at | Optional |\n| Financial status | Financial Status | Optional |\n| Line fulfilment | Lineitem fulfillment status | Optional |\n| Order date | Created at | Required |\n| Order number | Name | Required |\n| Quantity | Lineitem quantity | Required |\n| Requires shipping | Lineitem requires shipping | Optional |\n| Ship-to country | Shipping Country | Optional |\n| Ship-to postcode | Shipping Zip | Optional |\n| Ship-to state or region | Shipping Province / Shipping Province Name | Optional |\n| SKU | Lineitem sku | Required |\n\nInstica maps 11 columns of the Shopify order export (,-separated) to its own fields.\n\nThe Shopify order export needs Order number, Order date, SKU and Quantity to be mapped before an estimate can run.\n\n**How the Shopify product CSV maps to Instica fields**\n\n| Instica field | Column in the export | Needed |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| GTIN | Barcodes / Variant Barcode / Barcode | Optional |\n| Product name | Title | Optional |\n| SKU | SKU / Variant SKU | Required |\n\nInstica maps 3 columns of the Shopify product CSV (,-separated) to its own fields.\n\nThe Shopify product CSV needs SKU to be mapped before an estimate can run.\n\nOrders are matched to Czechia by the ship-to country column. Rows outside your chosen jurisdictions are left out of this page’s estimate and counted elsewhere.\n\nAn export from Shopify carries the destination of every order, so one file can feed estimates for Czechia and every other jurisdiction your orders reach." }, { "id": "steps", "heading": "What to do next as a seller on Shopify", "kind": "body", "markdown": "\n\n## What to do next as a seller on Shopify\n\n1. Confirm your role for Shopify sales in Czechia against the table above.\n2. Check the thresholds and exemptions with your total sales across every channel.\n3. Review how EKO-KOM, a.s. registers and invoices producers.\n4. Export your Shopify orders and let Instica match the destinations and estimate the weights.\n5. Review the estimate, correct any figure you know better, then sign and submit the report yourself at the registration point.\n\nInstica measures, estimates and prepares the Shopify data. It does not decide your role, sign for you or submit anything." }, { "id": "faq", "heading": "Questions sellers ask", "kind": "faq", "markdown": "\n\n## Questions sellers ask\n\n### Am I the producer if I sell on Shopify in Czechia?\n\nIt depends on the facts of each product. The sourced hierarchy for Czechia names the manufacturer or brand owner, importer and first distributor for primary packaging. If you made the product, own its brand or imported it, you are probably in that list; if you only resell another brand’s goods, someone else may be the producer. Instica estimates the likely role from your answers and you confirm it.\n\n### Does Shopify register or report for me?\n\nThe hierarchy names online marketplace seller for Czechia, so the marketplace can carry a role in some cases. Do not assume it covers your own products: read the source and keep your own records.\n\n### What is different about Shopify compared with selling in a shop?\n\nAn order placed through Shopify is shipped to the customer, so shipping packaging enters the picture. For Czechia the outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor; secondary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor; shipping: manufacturer or brand owner; service: manufacturer or brand owner > importer > first distributor. The hub for Czechia describes the default for primary packaging only.\n\n### Is there a size threshold for Shopify sellers in Czechia?\n\nCzechia threshold on revenue: CZK 2,000; effect: flat fee band. The threshold counts all your sales, not only Shopify.\n\n### When is the next date I should know about?\n\nCzechia: report date by 15 February each year.\n\n### What happens if I do not register?\n\nNo verified penalty is published for Czechia yet. Instica does not predict penalties.\n\n### Do I need an organisation to handle this for me?\n\nCzechia works through EKO-KOM, a.s. Instica estimates your fees and prepares your data; the organisation registers you and issues the invoice." }, { "id": "paa", "heading": null, "kind": "paa", "markdown": "\n\n### In which countries does Shopify operate?\n\nInstica maps 11 columns of the Shopify order export (,-separated) to its own fields. The Shopify order export needs Order number, Order date, SKU and Quantity to be mapped before an estimate can run. Instica maps 3 columns of the Shopify product CSV (,-separated) to its own fields.\n\n### How do I disable international shipping for only US deliveries on Shopify?\n\nThe Shopify order export needs Order number, Order date, SKU and Quantity to be mapped before an estimate can run. Instica maps 3 columns of the Shopify product CSV (,-separated) to its own fields. The Shopify product CSV needs SKU to be mapped before an estimate can run.\n\n### How much does Shopify take from a $100 sale?\n\nCzechia: the packaging rules sit in Packaging Act No. 477/2001 Coll.: take-back and recovery of packaging waste, fulfilled individually, by contractual transfer, or through EKO-KOM.\n\n### Does Kim Kardashian use Shopify?\n\nInstica maps 3 columns of the Shopify product CSV (,-separated) to its own fields. The Shopify product CSV needs SKU to be mapped before an estimate can run. Czechia lists these sales routes as in scope: import, filling and sale in the Czech Republic." }, { "id": "estimate", "heading": "How these figures are made", "kind": "boilerplate", "markdown": "\n\n## How these figures are made\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. Every figure on this page is read from a sourced record or computed from one, and each carries its data quality. The customer signs and submits the report; Instica never stores regulator login details and never files on your behalf. This page is general information about published rules; confirm your own position with a qualified adviser." } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "The law permits three methods of fulfilling your obligations", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "to take-back and recovery of packaging waste", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "file a petition for registration in the List of Subjects required to recover packaging waste, within 60 days", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "You can enter into a Contract on Collective Compliance with authorised packaging company", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "if expressly determined by the Contract on Transfer of Ownership", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "import packaging to, fill or sell packaging in the Czech Republic", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/fees/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "the Minimum Amount to the day 31.12. 2025 is set at 2 000,- CZK (excl. VAT)", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "announce information to the Ministry of the Environment by 15th February", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "within 60 days of the day this obligation arises", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://www.ekokom.cz/en/clients/statutory-obligations/", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "This obligation became effective on the 1st of January 2023.", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29", "status": "verified", "quote": "by 1 June for each full preceding calendar year", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/fulfillment/managing-orders/exporting-orders", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-08", "status": "verified", "quote": "Order export CSV columns: Name, Financial Status, Fulfillment Status, Created at, Lineitem quantity, Lineitem name, Lineitem SKU, Lineitem requires shipping, Lineitem fulfillment status, Shipping Zip, Shipping Province, Shipping Province Name, Shipping Country, Canceled at", "quoteLang": null }, { "url": "https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/import-export/using-csv", "label": null, "retrievedAt": "2026-10-08", "status": "verified", "quote": "Product CSV columns: Title, URL handle, SKU, Barcodes ... If you previously used a CSV file that had the old singular Barcode column, then it's updated to Barcodes on the next occasion that you export a products CSV file. ... 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