Italy EPR exempt

Packaging EPR in Italy: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Italy. 12 of 16 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 4 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on September 29, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on September 29, 2026.

Regime

Legislative Decree 152/2006, Part IV Title II (packaging and packaging waste), CONAI consortium system

Regulator

Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system

Producers obliged

Yes

System

registered schemes that producers join

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

1

Who is the producer in Italy

In Italy, 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 Italy, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Transfer detail: join a Art. 223 material consortium (CONAI system), organise an own collective/individual system, or attest a return system

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 Italy 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 Italy

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Italy publishes 1 verified threshold and 1 not yet published.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.

Exemptions in Italy

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Italy 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 Italy

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

Who registers: Each producer or user that joins a consortium; foreign sellers via CONAI procedures not verified

Applies to: Producers established in another Member State that first make packaging or packaged products available directly to end users must appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility (PPWR Art. 45(3)); a Member State may require the same of third-country producers.

Deadlines in Italy

Italy records 3 deadlines, 2 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Italy.

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

1 obligation recurs on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.

See every deadline for Italy, with its period and what it requires, on the Italy 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 Italy

Italy publishes 1 fee schedule, for fee year 2026. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

• Italy 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.

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

Italy packaging declaration (working layout) is a csv file submitted through CONAI 'Dichiarazioni on line' service (dichiarazioni.conai.org). The customer signs in and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

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

Italy: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2026 CONAI (Comieco and other consortia) schedule for Italy into 2 material classes. For each class the table gives the lowest and highest published rate in EUR per tonne and the unweighted mean in EUR per tonne, with a link to the source the rates were read from, retrieved September 29, 2026.

The same material classes in the 15 jurisdictions that publish a per-weight schedule in EUR, Italy included. For each class the table gives the mean here, the median of the other jurisdictions, the rank of Italy (1 is the highest) and the jurisdiction with the highest mean.

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Italy

Labelling note: All packaging must be labelled per UNI standards to aid collection, reuse and recycling and inform consumers on final destinations.

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.

Italy compared with nearby places

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

Italy read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Italy 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.

Italy and Austria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Italy 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: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy 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 Italy and January 1, 2023 in Austria, 1319 days later here.

Italy and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system in Italy 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. Italy runs registered schemes that producers join, while Switzerland runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Registration is required in both. The first threshold is the same in both, 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Italy and France both record an obligation for packaging producers. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Italy and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system in Italy and Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL) next door. Italy 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: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy 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.

Italy and Bulgaria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Italy runs registered schemes that producers join, while Bulgaria runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy 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.

Italy and Spain both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system in Italy and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment next door. Italy runs registered schemes that producers join, while Spain runs more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first threshold is the same in both, 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Italy and Croatia both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system in Italy and Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost (FZOEU) next door. Italy 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 Italy sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Italy holds 12 of 17 and ranks 6 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are United Kingdom Plastic Packaging Tax (14), United Kingdom (13), Oregon (13), Belgium (12) and Ontario (12). The places just behind it are California (12), Austria (11), British Columbia (11), Switzerland (11), Colorado (11) and Bulgaria (10).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Italy holds 15 and ranks 25 of 53. Ahead of it are New Brunswick (16), Nova Scotia (16), Saskatchewan (16), Switzerland (16), Croatia (16) and Spain (15). Behind it are Netherlands (15), Manitoba (14), Finland (14), Latvia (14), Sweden (14) and Alberta (13).

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

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Italy comes 24 of 41, on August 12, 2026. Before it come 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), Croatia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Hungary (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Ireland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come Lithuania (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Luxembourg (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Latvia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Malta (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Netherlands (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Poland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in packaging weight, Italy sits 2 of 13 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Italy

Italy has 4 of 16 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

The revenue basis

Reason recorded: Whether any turnover basis applies to CONAI membership was not verifiable: conai.org returns HTTP 403 to automated retrieval, and Art. 224 sets the contribution by weight and material only.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: CONAI group or affiliate aggregation rules are in CONAI regulations on conai.org, which returns HTTP 403 to automated retrieval.

Reporting notes

Reason recorded: CONAI declaration layout not retrievable: conai.org returns HTTP 403 to automated retrieval.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: CONAI portal language rules could not be read (conai.org HTTP 403); Italian is assumed for statutory filings, and this is an inference not a source statement.