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"answer": "online marketplace means: A platform through which third parties sell products. Under California's SB 54, the owner or operator of the marketplace is not treated as the retailer or wholesaler for those third-party sales. The Instica dataset lists online marketplace in 1 jurisdiction, including California.",
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"statement": "California recognises this exemption: Temporary, renewable exemption from most reporting and fee requirements for producers with gross annual California sales under $1 million. Long-term duty remains: all packaging recyclable or compostable by 2032. Producers must apply for it (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "California recognises this exemption: A person who produces, harvests and packages an agricultural commodity on the site where it was grown or raised is not a producer. It applies without a separate application (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "California recognises this exemption: Beverage containers subject to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act are not covered material. It applies without a separate application (Source: www2.calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "California recognises this exemption: Covered material meeting a 65% (through 2026) or 70% (2027 on) recycling rate, outside curbside collection and commingled sorting, recycled at responsible end markets, is not covered material once CalRecycle approves the producer's demonstration. Producers must apply for it (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "In California, a registration deadline falls on January 1, 2027 (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"quote": "upon approval of a plan pursuant to Section 42063, or commencing January 1, 2027, whichever is sooner",
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"statement": "In California, a deadline of another kind falls on a date the source does not fix (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "In California, a taxonomy update deadline falls on January 1, 2027 (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"statement": "In California, revenue tests use in jurisdiction over the calendar year (Source: www2.calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).",
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"quote": "Enter the amount of total gross annual sales (U.S. dollar) in California, as found on the most recent calendar year's tax returns.",
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"markdown": "\n\nonline marketplace means: A platform through which third parties sell products. Under California's SB 54, the owner or operator of the marketplace is not treated as the retailer or wholesaler for those third-party sales. The Instica dataset lists online marketplace in 1 jurisdiction, including California."
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"heading": "What does online marketplace mean?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What does online marketplace mean?\n\nThis is the definition Instica uses for online marketplace in its EPR dataset. The wording below is checked against the source named beside it.\n\nonline marketplace: A platform through which third parties sell products. Under California's SB 54, the owner or operator of the marketplace is not treated as the retailer or wholesaler for those third-party sales. (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> The owner or operator of the online marketplace shall not be considered the retailer or wholesaler for such sales.\n>\n> Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov (https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PRC§ionNum=42041), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
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"heading": "Where does online marketplace apply?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Where does online marketplace apply?\n\nonline marketplace appears in the rules of 1 jurisdiction in the dataset. The table gives the duty and the regulator for each; the sections after it list every sourced rule.\n\n**Jurisdictions where online marketplace applies**\n\n| Jurisdiction | Producer duty | Regulator | Verified |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| [California](https://instica.com/epr/california) | Yes | CalRecycle (Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery), through its PEPRS portal | verified Sep 29, 2026 |"
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"heading": "California: the rules behind the term",
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"markdown": "\n\n## California: the rules behind the term\n\n13 sourced rules for California. Each statement names its source and the date Instica retrieved it, and a rule without a primary source shows as not yet published.\n\nIn California, packaging producer duties rest on California SB 54, Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act (Public Resources Code, Division 30, Part 3, Chapter 3.1) (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nThe regulator named for California is CalRecycle (Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery), through its PEPRS portal (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nProducers that place packaging on the market in California carry a producer responsibility duty (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia recognises this exemption: Temporary, renewable exemption from most reporting and fee requirements for producers with gross annual California sales under $1 million. Long-term duty remains: all packaging recyclable or compostable by 2032. Producers must apply for it (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia recognises this exemption: A person who produces, harvests and packages an agricultural commodity on the site where it was grown or raised is not a producer. It applies without a separate application (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia recognises this exemption: Beverage containers subject to the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act are not covered material. It applies without a separate application (Source: www2.calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia recognises this exemption: Covered material meeting a 65% (through 2026) or 70% (2027 on) recycling rate, outside curbside collection and commingled sorting, recycled at responsible end markets, is not covered material once CalRecycle approves the producer's demonstration. Producers must apply for it (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn California, a registration deadline falls on January 1, 2027 (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn California, a deadline of another kind falls on a date the source does not fix (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn California, a taxonomy update deadline falls on January 1, 2027 (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia lists 1 penalty rule, the first for failure to comply with the chapter or its regulations of up to $50,000 per day per violation (Source: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nCalifornia sets 7 recycling targets, the first on plastic source reduction at 10 by January 1, 2027 (Source: calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\nIn California, revenue tests use in jurisdiction over the calendar year (Source: www2.calrecycle.ca.gov, retrieved September 29, 2026).\n\n> SB 54 establishes a new extended producer responsibility (EPR) program to manage packaging and single-use plastic food service ware products\n>\n> Source: calrecycle.ca.gov (https://calrecycle.ca.gov/packaging/packaging-epr/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en"
},
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"heading": "Which terms are related to online marketplace?",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Which terms are related to online marketplace?\n\n2 related terms help explain online marketplace. Each links to its own entry.\n\n- [producer](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/producer)\n- [importer](https://instica.com/epr/glossary/importer)"
},
{
"id": "used-on",
"heading": "Which Instica pages use online marketplace?",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Which Instica pages use online marketplace?\n\nThis jurisdiction page puts online marketplace into practice, with thresholds, deadlines and fees.\n\n- [California EPR rules](https://instica.com/epr/california)\n- [Check whether you owe](https://instica.com/epr/do-i-owe)"
},
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"heading": "More questions",
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"markdown": "\n\n## More questions\n\n### What does online marketplace mean?\n\nonline marketplace means: A platform through which third parties sell products. Under California's SB 54, the owner or operator of the marketplace is not treated as the retailer or wholesaler for those third-party sales. It applies in California."
},
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"id": "estimate",
"heading": "How to read these figures",
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\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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"quote": "SB 54 establishes a new extended producer responsibility (EPR) program to manage packaging and single-use plastic food service ware products",
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"quote": "Small producers with gross annual sales of less than $1 million may apply to be exempt from most of the law’s reporting and fee requirements.",
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