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  "title": "Authorised representative meaning: definition | Instica",
  "h1": "Authorised representative meaning: how EPR rules use the term",
  "description": "authorised representative means: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its ex",
  "answer": "authorised representative means: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its extended producer responsibility in a Member State where it is not established. The Instica dataset lists authorised representative in 3 jurisdictions, including Estonia, Austria, Spain.",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-05",
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  "cite": "Instica, “Authorised representative meaning: how EPR rules use the term”, https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative, last verified 2026-11-05, dataset v1-281284b7e7c1, CC-BY-4.0.",
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      "name": "Estonia"
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        "quote": "haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#at-penalties",
      "leafPath": "AT.penalties",
      "statement": "Austria lists 1 penalty rule, the first for Non-participation in a system contrary to AWG 13g(2) to (4) (administrative offence) of €450 to €8,400 per offence (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": 1,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086",
        "quote": "Geldstrafe von 450 € bis 8 400 €",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "ris.bka.gv.at"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "at-targets",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#at-targets",
      "leafPath": "AT.targets",
      "statement": "Austria sets 2 recycling targets, the first on share of household packaging mass to be collected separately, per system total at paper 80%, glass 80%, ferrous 65%, aluminium 65%, plastics 80%, beverage cartons 80% from 2025 (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
        "quote": "Eisenmetalle 50% 60% 65% 75% Aluminium 65% 75% Kunststoffe 60% 75% 80% 85%",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "ris.bka.gv.at"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "at-revenue-scope",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#at-revenue-scope",
      "leafPath": "AT.revenue_scope",
      "statement": "In Austria, revenue tests use none (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "none",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
        "quote": "nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "ris.bka.gv.at"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-regime",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-regime",
      "leafPath": "ES.regime",
      "statement": "In Spain, packaging producer duties rest on Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, under Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, under Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se crea la sección de envases en el Registro de Productores de Productos",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-regulator",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-regulator",
      "leafPath": "ES.regulator",
      "statement": "The regulator named for Spain is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "a través de la Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-obligated",
      "leafPath": "ES.obligated",
      "statement": "Producers that place packaging on the market in Spain carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-organisation",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-organisation",
      "leafPath": "ES.organisation",
      "statement": "Spain organises producer duties through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Ecoembes, Ecovidrio (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "multiple_pros",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "deberán designar a una persona física o jurídica en territorio español como representante autorizado",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-registration",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-registration",
      "leafPath": "ES.registration",
      "statement": "Producers must register in Spain; the registry is Packaging section of the Register of Product Producers (Registro de Productores de Productos) (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se inscribirán en la sección de envases del Registro de Productores de Productos",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-thresholds-ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-thresholds-ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting",
      "leafPath": "ES.thresholds[ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting]",
      "statement": "In Spain, a packaging weight threshold applies: 10 tonnes per calendar year (packaging made available for the first time in the Member State); it reduces the duty (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "10",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-thresholds-reduced-reporting-under-15t",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-thresholds-reduced-reporting-under-15t",
      "leafPath": "ES.thresholds[reduced-reporting-under-15t]",
      "statement": "In Spain, a packaging weight threshold applies: 15 tonnes per year (packaging placed on the market); it reduces the duty (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "15",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "menos de 15 toneladas de envases al año",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-exemptions-single-registration-service-packaging",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-exemptions-single-registration-service-packaging",
      "leafPath": "ES.exemptions[single-registration-service-packaging]",
      "statement": "This exemption is not yet published. Reason recorded: Exact wording of the Art. 15(1) second paragraph was not re-checked verbatim against the BOE text.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "No published text found at this source.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-deadlines-ppwr-annual-report-1-june",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-deadlines-ppwr-annual-report-1-june",
      "leafPath": "ES.deadlines[ppwr-annual-report-1-june]",
      "statement": "In Spain, a reporting deadline falls every June 1, covering previous full calendar year (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "of Annex IX to the competent authority responsible for the register, by 1 June for each full preceding calendar year.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-deadlines-ppwr-application-date",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-deadlines-ppwr-application-date",
      "leafPath": "ES.deadlines[ppwr-application-date]",
      "statement": "In Spain, a deadline of another kind falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": "2026-08-12",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-deadlines-es-annual-information",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-deadlines-es-annual-information",
      "leafPath": "ES.deadlines[es-annual-information]",
      "statement": "In Spain, a reporting deadline falls every March 31, covering previous calendar year (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "antes del 31 de marzo del año siguiente",
        "quoteLang": "es",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-penalties",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-penalties",
      "leafPath": "ES.penalties",
      "statement": "Spain lists 3 penalty rules, the first for very serious infringement of €100,001 to €3,500,000 per infringement (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": 3,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-5809",
        "quote": "Multa desde 100.001 euros hasta 3.500.000 euros",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-targets",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-targets",
      "leafPath": "ES.targets",
      "statement": "Spain sets 2 recycling targets, the first on recycling rate, all packaging waste at 65% by December 31, 2025 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
      "value": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "by 31 December 2030, a minimum of 70 % by weight of all packaging waste generated",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "es-revenue-scope",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/authorised-representative#es-revenue-scope",
      "leafPath": "ES.revenue_scope",
      "statement": "The revenue basis is not yet published. Reason recorded: Spanish law sets obligations by packaging weight and units, not by turnover; no revenue basis was found in the retrieved text.",
      "value": null,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": true,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "No published text found at this source.",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "pending",
        "label": "boe.es"
      }
    }
  ],
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nauthorised representative means: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its extended producer responsibility in a Member State where it is not established. The Instica dataset lists authorised representative in 3 jurisdictions, including Estonia, Austria, Spain."
    },
    {
      "id": "definition",
      "heading": "What does authorised representative mean?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"definition\"></a>\n\n## What does authorised representative mean?\n\nThis is the definition Instica uses for authorised representative in its EPR dataset. The wording below is checked against the source named beside it.\n\n<a id=\"glossary-authorised-representative-definition\"></a>authorised representative: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its extended producer responsibility in a Member State where it is not established. (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> shall appoint, by written mandate, an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility in each Member State where\n>\n> Source: eur-lex.europa.eu (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
    },
    {
      "id": "local-terms",
      "heading": "What is authorised representative called in other languages?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"local-terms\"></a>\n\n## What is authorised representative called in other languages?\n\nPackaging producers search for authorised representative in their own language and under the name their national scheme uses. The dataset records 3 local terms, each with the home analogy a reader of that language already knows.\n\n<a id=\"local-terms-table\"></a>**authorised representative in other languages**\n\n| Language | Local term | Also called | Closest home analogy |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| English | authorised representative |  |  |\n| German | Bevollmächtigter | Bevollmächtigten |  |\n| Spanish | representante autorizado |  |  |\n\n- **German — Local definition**: In Österreich muss ein ausländischer Versandhändler für Verpackungen, die er ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Verkehr setzt, einen Bevollmächtigten bestellen.\n- **Spanish — Local definition**: En España, persona física o jurídica en territorio español que determinados productores deben designar."
    },
    {
      "id": "applies",
      "heading": "Where does authorised representative apply?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"applies\"></a>\n\n## Where does authorised representative apply?\n\nauthorised representative appears in the rules of 3 jurisdictions in the dataset. The table gives the duty and the regulator for each; the sections after it list every sourced rule.\n\n<a id=\"applies-table\"></a>**Jurisdictions where authorised representative applies**\n\n| Jurisdiction | Producer duty | Regulator | Verified |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| [Estonia](https://instica.com/epr/estonia) | Yes | Not yet published | verified Sep 29, 2026 |\n| [Austria](https://instica.com/epr/austria) | Yes | Not yet published | verified Nov 4, 2026 |\n| [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) | Yes | Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment | verified Sep 29, 2026 |"
    },
    {
      "id": "rules-ee",
      "heading": "Estonia: the rules behind the term",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"rules-ee\"></a>\n\n## Estonia: the rules behind the term\n\n11 sourced rules for Estonia. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\n<a id=\"ee-regime\"></a>In Estonia, packaging producer duties rest on Estonian Packaging Act and Packaging Excise Duty Act: packaging undertakings are responsible for recycling, delegable to a recovery organisation (Source: pakendiringlus.ee, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-obligated\"></a>Producers that place packaging on the market in Estonia carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: pakendiringlus.ee, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-organisation\"></a>Estonia organises producer duties through more than one producer responsibility organisation: OÜ Eesti Pakendiringlus, Eesti Taaskasutusorganisatsioon MTÜ, OÜ Tootjavastutusorganisatsioon (Source: konkurentsiamet.ee, retrieved November 5, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-registration\"></a>The registration rule is not yet published. Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.\n\n<a id=\"ee-exemptions-exemptions-not-itemised\"></a>This exemption is not yet published. Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.\n\n<a id=\"ee-deadlines-ppwr-application\"></a>In Estonia, a deadline of another kind falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-deadlines-ppwr-authorised-representative\"></a>In Estonia, a registration deadline falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-deadlines-ppwr-annex-ix-annual\"></a>In Estonia, a reporting deadline falls 1 June each year, for the preceding full calendar year (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"ee-penalties\"></a>The penalty rule is not yet published. Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.\n\n<a id=\"ee-targets\"></a>The recycling targets is not yet published. Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.\n\n<a id=\"ee-revenue-scope\"></a>The revenue basis is not yet published. Reason recorded: Not read from a primary source in this pass.\n\n> imports packaged goods from third countries is responsible for the recycling of packaging.\n>\n> Source: pakendiringlus.ee (https://pakendiringlus.ee/en/services/for-the-entrepreneurs/who-is-a-packaging-undertaking/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
    },
    {
      "id": "rules-at",
      "heading": "Austria: the rules behind the term",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"rules-at\"></a>\n\n## Austria: the rules behind the term\n\n6 sourced rules for Austria. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\n<a id=\"at-regime\"></a>In Austria, packaging producer duties rest on Austrian packaging EPR: AWG 2002 (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002) and Verpackungsverordnung 2014 (VVO 2014) (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"at-obligated\"></a>Producers that place packaging on the market in Austria carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"at-deadlines-annual-15-march\"></a>In Austria, a reporting deadline falls 15 March following each calendar year, covering preceding calendar year (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"at-deadlines-ar-appointment-2023\"></a>In Austria, a registration deadline falls on January 1, 2023 (Source: ris.bka.gv.at, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"at-deadlines-ppwr-application\"></a>In Austria, a deadline of another kind falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"at-deadlines-ppwr-annex-ix-annual\"></a>In Austria, a reporting deadline falls 1 June each year, for the preceding full calendar year (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten\n>\n> Source: ris.bka.gv.at (https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: de\n\nParaphrase: **Paraphrase: **must, for packaging placed on the market in Austria from 1 January 2023, [appoint] an authorised representative"
    },
    {
      "id": "rules-es",
      "heading": "Spain: the rules behind the term",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"rules-es\"></a>\n\n## Spain: the rules behind the term\n\n6 sourced rules for Spain. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\n<a id=\"es-regime\"></a>In Spain, packaging producer duties rest on Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, under Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"es-obligated\"></a>Producers that place packaging on the market in Spain carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"es-thresholds-reduced-reporting-under-15t\"></a>In Spain, a packaging weight threshold applies: 15 tonnes per year (packaging placed on the market); it reduces the duty (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"es-deadlines-ppwr-annual-report-1-june\"></a>In Spain, a reporting deadline falls every June 1, covering previous full calendar year (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"es-deadlines-ppwr-application-date\"></a>In Spain, a deadline of another kind falls on August 12, 2026 (Source: eur-lex.europa.eu, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n<a id=\"es-deadlines-es-annual-information\"></a>In Spain, a reporting deadline falls every March 31, covering previous calendar year (Source: boe.es, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> se crea la sección de envases en el Registro de Productores de Productos\n>\n> Source: boe.es (https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: es\n\nParaphrase: **Paraphrase: **the packaging section is created in the Register of Product Producers"
    },
    {
      "id": "related",
      "heading": "Which terms are related to authorised representative?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"related\"></a>\n\n## Which terms are related to authorised representative?\n\n3 related terms help explain authorised representative. Each links to its own entry.\n\n- [Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/ppwr)\n- [producer](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/producer)\n- [producer register](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/producer-register)"
    },
    {
      "id": "used-on",
      "heading": "Which Instica pages use authorised representative?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"used-on\"></a>\n\n## Which Instica pages use authorised representative?\n\nThese 3 jurisdiction pages put authorised representative into practice, with thresholds, deadlines and fees for each.\n\n- [Estonia EPR rules](https://instica.com/epr/estonia)\n- [Austria EPR rules](https://instica.com/epr/austria)\n- [Spain EPR rules](https://instica.com/epr/spain)\n- [Check whether you owe](https://instica.com/epr/do-i-owe)"
    },
    {
      "id": "paa-what-is-a-corporate-authorised-representative",
      "heading": "What is a corporate authorised representative?",
      "kind": "paa",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"paa-what-is-a-corporate-authorised-representative\"></a>\n\n## What is a corporate authorised representative?\n\nauthorised representative: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its extended producer responsibility in a Member State where it is not established. Every statement on this page names its source and the date Instica retrieved it."
    },
    {
      "id": "paa-what-is-the-meaning-of-authorized-representative",
      "heading": "What is the meaning of authorized representative?",
      "kind": "paa",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"paa-what-is-the-meaning-of-authorized-representative\"></a>\n\n## What is the meaning of authorized representative?\n\nauthorised representative: Under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, a person a producer appoints by written mandate to carry out its extended producer responsibility in a Member State where it is not established. Every statement on this page names its source and the date Instica retrieved it."
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      "id": "estimate",
      "heading": "How to read these figures",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"estimate\"></a>\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **Estimate**: Instica measures, estimates and prepares. These pages describe published rules and rates with their sources and retrieval dates, and an estimate is never a filing. You review, sign and submit your own reports. Read the methodology page for how figures are sourced and checked, and confirm any value with the regulator or your producer responsibility organisation before you rely on it."
    }
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year",
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "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": "en"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ogd.ris.bka.gv.at/Dokumente/Bundesnormen/NOR40240496/NOR40240496.html",
      "label": "ogd.ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-11-04",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "spätestens drei Monate nach Ablauf jedes Kalenderjahres für das vorangegangene Kalenderjahr elektronisch im Wege des Registers zu übermitteln",
      "quoteLang": "de"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://pakendiringlus.ee/en/services/for-the-entrepreneurs/who-is-a-packaging-undertaking/",
      "label": "pakendiringlus.ee",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "imports packaged goods from third countries is responsible for the recycling of packaging.",
      "quoteLang": "en"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
      "label": "boe.es",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "se crea la sección de envases en el Registro de Productores de Productos",
      "quoteLang": "es"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-5809",
      "label": "boe.es",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Multa desde 100.001 euros hasta 3.500.000 euros",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.konkurentsiamet.ee/sites/default/files/documents/2025-06/%C3%9Clevaade%20tagatisrahata%20pakendite%20ja%20pakendij%C3%A4%C3%A4tmete%20kogumist%20ja%20taaskasutust%20korraldavate%20taaskasutusorganisatsioonide%20turuolukorrast%20Eestis%20%282025%29.pdf",
      "label": "konkurentsiamet.ee",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-11-05",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "2025. aastaks on Kliimaministeerium väljastanud tähtajatud tagatisrahata pakenditega seotud taaskasutusorganisatsiooni tegevusload kolmele TKO-le.",
      "quoteLang": "et"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Versandhändler, die keinen Sitz und keine Niederlassung im örtlichen Geltungsbereich dieses Bundesgesetzes haben",
      "quoteLang": "de"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten",
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    {
      "url": "https://pakendiringlus.ee/en/services/for-the-entrepreneurs/who-is-a-packaging-undertaking/",
      "label": "pakendiringlus.ee",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "is responsible for the recycling of packaging",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "by 1 June for each full preceding calendar year",
      "quoteLang": "en"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Bevollmächtigte ist eine natürliche oder juristische Person mit Sitz im Inland.",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Registrierung als Bevollmächtigter im Register gemäß § 22 Abs. 1 AWG 2002 unter Angabe",
      "quoteLang": "de"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "nicht mehr als 1500 kg gewerbliche Verpackungen in Verkehr setzen, können pauschale Lösungen angeboten werden",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Versandhändler",
      "quoteLang": "de"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "binnen zwei Monaten",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "spätestens bis zum 15. März des darauffolgenden Jahres",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
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      "quote": "haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten für ausländische Versandhändler zu bestellen",
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    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Geldstrafe von 450 € bis 8 400 €",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
      "label": "ris.bka.gv.at",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Eisenmetalle 50% 60% 65% 75% Aluminium 65% 75% Kunststoffe 60% 75% 80% 85%",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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    {
      "url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "nicht mehr als 1500 kg Haushaltsverpackungen",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
      "label": "boe.es",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "a través de la Dirección General de Calidad y Evaluación Ambiental",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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      "quote": "deberán designar a una persona física o jurídica en territorio español como representante autorizado",
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      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "quote": "se inscribirán en la sección de envases del Registro de Productores de Productos",
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      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "quote": "menos de 15 toneladas de envases al año",
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    {
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      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "of Annex IX to the competent authority responsible for the register, by 1 June for each full preceding calendar year.",
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
      "quoteLang": "en"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "antes del 31 de marzo del año siguiente",
      "quoteLang": "es"
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    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
      "label": "eur-lex.europa.eu",
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      "quote": "by 31 December 2030, a minimum of 70 % by weight of all packaging waste generated",
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          "anchor": "Europe packaging EPR",
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      "heading": "More for this jurisdiction",
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        {
          "anchor": "Estonia extended producer responsibility",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/estonia"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "Austria EPR",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/austria"
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          "anchor": "Spain EPR",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/spain"
        }
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    },
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      "heading": "Related pages",
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        {
          "anchor": "Blue Box material meaning",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/blue-box-material"
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        {
          "anchor": "Brand owner packaging EPR",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/brand-owner"
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        {
          "anchor": "What is certified compostable",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/certified-compostable"
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          "anchor": "Packaging waste compliance schemes",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/compliance-scheme"
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          "anchor": "Covered product packaging EPR",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/glossary/covered-product"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "De minimis producer packaging EPR",
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