Shopify EPR Norway: who is the producer?
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For Shopify sales in Norway, the sourced hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer as the producer of primary packaging. It adds secondary (manufacturer or brand owner and importer), shipping (importer) and service (manufacturer or brand owner and importer). Instica estimates which role fits your sales and prepares the data; you confirm the role, then sign and submit.
Who is the producer for Shopify sales in Norway?
A packaging producer is not one business for every pack. The hierarchy for Norway 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.
| Packaging level | Roles named in the hierarchy | For Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| primary | manufacturer or brand owner and importer | Applies to Shopify sales |
| secondary | manufacturer or brand owner and importer | Applies to Shopify sales |
| tertiary | manufacturer or brand owner and importer | Not part of a typical Shopify order |
| shipping | importer | Applies to Shopify sales |
| service | manufacturer or brand owner and importer | Applies to Shopify sales |
| other | — | No role named |
Norway: at the primary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer.
Primary 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 and importer, in that order of precedence.
Norway: at the secondary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer.
Secondary 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 and importer, in that order of precedence.
Norway: at the tertiary packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer.
Tertiary 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 and importer, in that order of precedence.
Norway: at the shipping packaging level the producer hierarchy names the importer.
Shipping 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 importer.
Norway: at the service packaging level the producer hierarchy names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer.
Service 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 and importer, in that order of precedence.
The 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.
- 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.
- 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.
The statute or regulator text behind the Norway hierarchy, in its source wording:
Original wording
En produsent etter avfallsforskriften kapittel 7, er enhver som ervervsmessig importerer eller i Norge produserer emballasje eller emballerte produkter til det norske markedet.Source: miljodirektoratet.no: produsent
What Shopify changes about the answer
The hub for Norway gives the default answer, primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer. For Shopify sales the outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer; secondary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer; shipping: importer; service: manufacturer or brand owner > importer. 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.
Instica 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.
A 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.
For Shopify sales in Norway, the producer outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner then importer.
For Shopify sales in Norway, the producer outcome is secondary: manufacturer or brand owner then importer.
For Shopify sales in Norway, the producer outcome is shipping: importer.
For Shopify sales in Norway, the producer outcome is service: manufacturer or brand owner then importer.
Norway lists these sales routes as in scope: producers and importers, including of packaged products.
Norway treats these sales routes as in scope: producers and importers, including of packaged products. Orders placed through Shopify reach the customer remotely, so the remote-sale wording is the one to read.
Does a small-seller threshold apply in Norway?
One threshold is published for Norway. 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.
| Measure | Amount | Effect | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| packaging weight | 0 kg | triggers registration | any quantity |
Norway threshold on packaging weight: 0 kg; effect: triggers registration.
Sales on Shopify count toward the same totals as every other channel you sell through.
Registration and the organisation in Norway
Once you know you are the producer, the next questions are where to register and with whom. The facts below are the sourced answers for Norway; Instica prepares the data, and you register and report yourself.
Norway: producers must register through Membership of an approved PRO (PRO reports to Miljødirektoratet).
The registration point is Membership of an approved PRO (PRO reports to Miljødirektoratet). Instica never stores your login for it and never files for you.
Norway organises producer responsibility through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Grønt Punkt Norge AS and other approved PROs (see Miljødirektoratet list); membership is required.
Norway uses more than one producer responsibility organisation. Instica estimates your fees; the organisation invoices you.
Norway allows a producer’s obligation to be transferred to another party.
A transfer lets another party take on your obligation; the source says membership of an approved producer responsibility organisation. If you sell through Shopify, ask whether the other party is willing before you rely on it.
Exemptions listed for Norway
No verified exemption is published for Norway yet.
Dates that matter in Norway
2 dates are published for Norway. Dates come from the regulator or the organisation, and each one shows what it covers.
| Kind | Date | Covers | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| report | January 22 | the previous calendar year | Grønt Punkt Norge offers annual reporting to smaller members, below set amounts (for example 50 t corrugated board or 20 t plastic packaging). Members of other Norwegian PROs follow their own PRO's calendar. |
| report | March 22 | January and February of the same year | Grønt Punkt Norge members with at least one packaging amount above set limits (for example 500 t corrugated board or 200 t plastic packaging) report every two months. This entry is the first term; each later term is due on the 22nd of the month after it ends. |
Norway: report date January 22, covering the previous calendar year.
Norway: report date March 22, covering January and February of the same year.
Pull Shopify orders for the period before each reporting date, so gaps in the destination data show up while there is time to fix them.
Penalties in Norway
One penalty is published for Norway.
Norway penalty for Not meeting the duty to join an approved producer responsibility company (§ 7-5 first paragraph), or breaching § 7-5a second paragraph: up to NOK 15 x the National Insurance base amount (G) for companies; up to NOK 2 x G for natural persons per infringement.
Penalties are quoted from the source. Instica does not predict whether one will be applied to you.
What Shopify data Instica reads
Instica 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.
| Instica field | Column in the export | Needed |
|---|---|---|
| Cancelled at | Canceled at / Cancelled at | Optional |
| Financial status | Financial Status | Optional |
| Line fulfilment | Lineitem fulfillment status | Optional |
| Order date | Created at | Required |
| Order number | Name | Required |
| Quantity | Lineitem quantity | Required |
| Requires shipping | Lineitem requires shipping | Optional |
| Ship-to country | Shipping Country | Optional |
| Ship-to postcode | Shipping Zip | Optional |
| Ship-to state or region | Shipping Province / Shipping Province Name | Optional |
| SKU | Lineitem sku | Required |
Instica 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 field | Column in the export | Needed |
|---|---|---|
| GTIN | Barcodes / Variant Barcode / Barcode | Optional |
| Product name | Title | Optional |
| SKU | SKU / Variant SKU | Required |
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.
Orders are matched to Norway by the ship-to country column. Rows outside your chosen jurisdictions are left out of this page’s estimate and counted elsewhere.
An export from Shopify carries the destination of every order, so one file can feed estimates for Norway and every other jurisdiction your orders reach.
What to do next as a seller on Shopify
- Confirm your role for Shopify sales in Norway against the table above.
- Check the thresholds and exemptions with your total sales across every channel.
- Find out where producers register in Norway.
- Export your Shopify orders and let Instica match the destinations and estimate the weights.
- Review the estimate, correct any figure you know better, then sign and submit the report yourself at the registration point.
Instica measures, estimates and prepares the Shopify data. It does not decide your role, sign for you or submit anything.
Questions sellers ask
Am I the producer if I sell on Shopify in Norway?
It depends on the facts of each product. The sourced hierarchy for Norway names the manufacturer or brand owner and importer 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.
Does Shopify register or report for me?
The hierarchy for Norway does not name the marketplace as a producer, so plan on registering and reporting yourself or through a party you appoint.
What is different about Shopify compared with selling in a shop?
An order placed through Shopify is shipped to the customer, so shipping packaging enters the picture. For Norway the outcome is primary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer; secondary: manufacturer or brand owner > importer; shipping: importer; service: manufacturer or brand owner > importer. The hub for Norway describes the default for primary packaging only.
Is there a size threshold for Shopify sellers in Norway?
Norway threshold on packaging weight: 0 kg; effect: triggers registration. The threshold counts all your sales, not only Shopify.
When is the next date I should know about?
Norway: report date January 22, covering the previous calendar year.
What happens if I do not register?
Norway penalty for Not meeting the duty to join an approved producer responsibility company (§ 7-5 first paragraph), or breaching § 7-5a second paragraph: up to NOK 15 x the National Insurance base amount (G) for companies; up to NOK 2 x G for natural persons per infringement.
Do I need an organisation to handle this for me?
The sourced text for Norway names no single organisation. Instica prepares the data and you choose how to register.
How these figures are made
Sources
- miljodirektoratet.no: produsent retrieved
Original wording: En produsent etter avfallsforskriften kapittel 7, er enhver som ervervsmessig importerer eller i Norge produserer emballasje eller emballerte produkter til det norske markedet.
Original wording: Avfallsforskriften kapittel 7 gir deg som produsent utvidet produsentansvar for den emballasjen du setter på markedet i Norge.
Original wording: skal dere være medlem i et produsentansvarsselskap
Original wording: Som produsent skal du oppfylle dine plikter i forskriften ved å melde deg inn i eller etablere et godkjent produsentansvarsselskap.
Original wording: Pliktene oppfyller dere ved å være medlem av et godkjent produsentansvarsselskap.
Original wording: Plikten omfatter også din virksomhet hvis dere importerer varer med emballasje, det vil si emballerte produkter.
Original wording: Plikten gjelder uansett hvilken mengde emballasje dere setter på markedet.
- miljodirektoratet.no: produsentanvarsselskap retrieved
Original wording: For å drive et produsentansvarsselskap må du være godkjent av Miljødirektoratet.
Original wording: Godkjente produsentansvarsselskap skal likebehandle medlemmene sine
- grontpunkt.no: hvordan rapportere retrieved
Original wording: Rapportperioden er et kalenderår. Dermed lages rapporteringsskjema 1. januar og frist for rapportering er 22. januar.
Original wording: Frist for rapportering er den 22. i måneden etter rapportperiodens utløp. Rapporteringen for januar og februar har følgelig frist 22. mars.
- lovdata.no: KAPITTEL 7 retrieved
Original wording: Miljødirektoratet kan ved overtredelse av § 7-5 første ledd og § 7-5a andre ledd ilegge den ansvarlige for overtredelsen et overtredelsesgebyr.
- help.shopify.com: exporting orders retrieved
Original wording: 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
- help.shopify.com: using csv retrieved
Original wording: 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. ... Shopify maintains backward compatibility with older column names
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