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Packaging EPR in Latvia: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Latvia. 10 of 16 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 6 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on September 29, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on October 8, 2026.

Regime

Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system

Regulator

State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems

Producers obliged

Yes

System

Not yet published

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

1

Who is the producer in Latvia

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

Transfer detail: join a packaging management system operator that has a contract with the Ministry

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 Latvia 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 Latvia

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Latvia 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 Latvia

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

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

Who registers: Each producer, or its PRO or authorised representative, in each Member State where it first makes packaging available

Deadlines in Latvia

Latvia records 2 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 Latvia.

Every verified date we hold for Latvia 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 Latvia, with its period and what it requires, on the Latvia 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 Latvia

Latvia 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.

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

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

Latvia packaging declaration (working layout) is a csv file submitted through Not identified; the customer signs in to the recipient's service and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

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

Latvia: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2026 Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory) schedule for Latvia into 5 material classes. For each class the table gives the lowest and highest published rate in EUR per kilogram and the unweighted mean in EUR per tonne, with a link to the source the rates were read from, retrieved October 8, 2026.

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

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Latvia

Labelling note: Packaging placed on the market must carry the harmonised label from 12 August 2028 or 24 months after the labelling implementing acts, whichever is later.

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.

Latvia compared with nearby places

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

Latvia read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Latvia 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.

Latvia and Lithuania both record an obligation for packaging producers. 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.

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

Latvia and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems in Latvia and Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL) next door. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Latvia 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.

Latvia and Italy both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems in Latvia and Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system next door. 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.

Latvia and Austria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Latvia 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 Latvia and January 1, 2023 in Austria, 1319 days later here.

Latvia and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems in Latvia 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. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Latvia and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Latvia and Bulgaria both record an obligation for packaging producers. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Latvia 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.

Latvia and Spain both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems in Latvia and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment next door. 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.

Where Latvia sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Latvia holds 10 of 17 and ranks 17 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are Colorado (11), Bulgaria (10), New Brunswick (10), Québec (10), Spain (10) and Croatia (10). The places just behind it are Norway (10), Washington (10), Nova Scotia (9), Germany (9), Denmark (9) and Netherlands (9).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Latvia holds 14 and ranks 29 of 53. Ahead of it are Croatia (16), Spain (15), Italy (15), Netherlands (15), Manitoba (14) and Finland (14). Behind it are Sweden (14), Alberta (13), Yukon (13), Norway (13), Greece (12) and Poland (12).

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

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Latvia comes 27 of 41, on August 12, 2026. Before it come Croatia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Hungary (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Ireland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Italy (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Lithuania (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Luxembourg (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come Malta (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Netherlands (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Poland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Portugal (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Romania (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Sweden (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in packaging weight, Latvia sits 5 of 13 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Latvia

Latvia has 6 of 16 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.

The revenue basis

Reason recorded: No revenue basis found.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: No affiliate rule found.

The organisation model

Reason recorded: Not retrieved.

The material categories

Reason recorded: Not retrieved.

Reporting notes

Reason recorded: No report layout retrieved.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: Not verified.