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},
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"id": "hi-plastic-lv-04-6",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#hi-plastic-lv-04-6",
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"statement": "The highest published plastic rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 44.00 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "44.00",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.6. no putu polistirola izejmateriāliem 44,00",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mm-plastic",
"leafPath": "calc.B.material[LV-2026:plastic]",
"statement": "Instica computes the mean plastic fee for Latvia 2026 as 14,418.00 EUR per tonne, unweighted over 5 categories, from verified rates.",
"value": 14418,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.1. no bioplastmasas izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#lo-composite-lv-04-3",
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"statement": "The lowest published composite and cartons rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 1.25 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "1.25",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"statement": "The highest published composite and cartons rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 1.25 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "1.25",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mm-composite",
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"statement": "Instica computes the mean composite and cartons fee for Latvia 2026 as 1,250.00 EUR per tonne, unweighted over 1 category, from verified rates.",
"value": 1250,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#lo-metal-lv-03",
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"statement": "The lowest published other metal rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 1.10 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "1.10",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "hi-metal-lv-03",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#hi-metal-lv-03",
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"statement": "The highest published other metal rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 1.10 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "1.10",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mm-metal",
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"statement": "Instica computes the mean other metal fee for Latvia 2026 as 1,100.00 EUR per tonne, unweighted over 1 category, from verified rates.",
"value": 1100,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#lo-glass-lv-01",
"leafPath": "fees.LV-2026.rates[lv-01]",
"statement": "The lowest published glass rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 0.44 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
"value": "0.44",
"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "hi-glass-lv-01",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#hi-glass-lv-01",
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"statement": "The highest published glass rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 0.44 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
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"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mm-glass",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mm-glass",
"leafPath": "calc.B.material[LV-2026:glass]",
"statement": "Instica computes the mean glass fee for Latvia 2026 as 440.00 EUR per tonne, unweighted over 1 category, from verified rates.",
"value": 440,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#lo-paper-lv-02",
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"statement": "The lowest published paper and card rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 0.24 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
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"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "2. No koksnes, papīra un kartona vai citu dabisko šķiedru izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "hi-paper-lv-02",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#hi-paper-lv-02",
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"statement": "The highest published paper and card rate in the Latvia 2026 schedule is 0.24 EUR per kilogram (Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory), retrieved October 8, 2026).",
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"unit": "EUR per kilogram",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "2. No koksnes, papīra un kartona vai citu dabisko šķiedru izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mm-paper",
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"value": 240,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "2. No koksnes, papīra un kartona vai citu dabisko šķiedru izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-med-plastic",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialMedian[LV-2026:plastic]",
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"value": 257.468333,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.1. no bioplastmasas izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
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},
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"id": "mc-rank-plastic",
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"statement": "Instica ranks the plastic class mean of Latvia 2026 at 1 / 13 among jurisdictions priced in the same currency (EUR per tonne), 1 being the highest.",
"value": "1 / 13",
"unit": null,
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
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"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"leafPath": "calc.B.materialTop[LV-2026:plastic]",
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"value": 14418,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
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"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
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"statement": "Instica computes the median composite and cartons class mean of the 11 other jurisdictions compared with Latvia 2026 as 281.00 EUR per tonne, from verified rates.",
"value": 281,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mc-rank-composite",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-rank-composite",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialRank[LV-2026:composite]",
"statement": "Instica ranks the composite and cartons class mean of Latvia 2026 at 1 / 12 among jurisdictions priced in the same currency (EUR per tonne), 1 being the highest.",
"value": "1 / 12",
"unit": null,
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mc-top-composite",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-top-composite",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialTop[LV-2026:composite]",
"statement": "Instica computes the highest composite and cartons class mean among the compared jurisdictions as 1,250.00 EUR per tonne, in Latvia 2026, from verified rates.",
"value": 1250,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "4.3. no kompozīta kartona izejmateriāliem 1,25",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mc-med-metal",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-med-metal",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialMedian[LV-2026:metal]",
"statement": "Instica computes the median other metal class mean of the 3 other jurisdictions compared with Latvia 2026 as 90.62 EUR per tonne, from verified rates.",
"value": 90.62,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mc-rank-metal",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-rank-metal",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialRank[LV-2026:metal]",
"statement": "Instica ranks the other metal class mean of Latvia 2026 at 1 / 4 among jurisdictions priced in the same currency (EUR per tonne), 1 being the highest.",
"value": "1 / 4",
"unit": null,
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-top-metal",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-top-metal",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialTop[LV-2026:metal]",
"statement": "Instica computes the highest other metal class mean among the compared jurisdictions as 1,100.00 EUR per tonne, in Latvia 2026, from verified rates.",
"value": 1100,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "3. No metāla izejmateriāliem 1,10 4. Plastmasu saturošais iepakojums:",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-med-glass",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-med-glass",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialMedian[LV-2026:glass]",
"statement": "Instica computes the median glass class mean of the 12 other jurisdictions compared with Latvia 2026 as 42.13 EUR per tonne, from verified rates.",
"value": 42.13,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-rank-glass",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-rank-glass",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialRank[LV-2026:glass]",
"statement": "Instica ranks the glass class mean of Latvia 2026 at 1 / 13 among jurisdictions priced in the same currency (EUR per tonne), 1 being the highest.",
"value": "1 / 13",
"unit": null,
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
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"id": "mc-top-glass",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-top-glass",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialTop[LV-2026:glass]",
"statement": "Instica computes the highest glass class mean among the compared jurisdictions as 440.00 EUR per tonne, in Latvia 2026, from verified rates.",
"value": 440,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "Likme ( euro ) par 1 kg materiāla 1. No stikla izejmateriāliem 0,44",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-med-paper",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-med-paper",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialMedian[LV-2026:paper]",
"statement": "Instica computes the median paper and card class mean of the 13 other jurisdictions compared with Latvia 2026 as 85.67 EUR per tonne, from verified rates.",
"value": 85.666667,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "2. No koksnes, papīra un kartona vai citu dabisko šķiedru izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-rank-paper",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-rank-paper",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialRank[LV-2026:paper]",
"statement": "Instica ranks the paper and card class mean of Latvia 2026 at 2 / 14 among jurisdictions priced in the same currency (EUR per tonne), 1 being the highest.",
"value": "2 / 14",
"unit": null,
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums",
"quote": "2. No koksnes, papīra un kartona vai citu dabisko šķiedru izejmateriāliem 0,24",
"quoteLang": "lv",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "Latvia 2026: Natural resources tax on packaging (statutory)"
}
},
{
"id": "mc-top-paper",
"anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/latvia#mc-top-paper",
"leafPath": "calc.B.materialTop[FR-2026:paper]",
"statement": "Instica computes the highest paper and card class mean among the compared jurisdictions as 258.10 EUR per tonne, in France 2026, from verified rates.",
"value": 258.1,
"unit": "EUR per tonne",
"pending": false,
"source": {
"url": "https://ecd-bo.citeo.com/ecd2/medias/citeo/public/fr/guide-du-tarif-des-emballages-menagers-2026.pdf",
"quote": "PAPIER-CARTON TARIF 3. Papier-carton 25,81 ct €/kg",
"quoteLang": "fr",
"retrievedAt": "2026-10-08",
"status": "verified",
"label": "France 2026: Citeo household packaging contribution (emballages ménagers)"
}
}
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"id": "answer",
"heading": null,
"kind": "answer",
"markdown": "\n\nLatvia requires producers who place packaging on the market to meet packaging EPR duties under Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system. The regulator is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems. We record 1 threshold and 2 dated deadlines."
},
{
"id": "overview",
"heading": "Packaging EPR in Latvia: what we have verified",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Packaging EPR in Latvia: what we have verified\n\nThis 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.\n\n- **Regime**: [Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system](#regime)\n- **Regulator**: [State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems](#regulator)\n- **Producers obliged**: [Yes](#obligated)\n- **System**: Not yet published\n- **Registration**: [Required](#registration)\n- **Fee schedules**: 1\n\nThe packaging EPR regime in Latvia is recorded as Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system.\n\nThe regulator named for Latvia is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems.\n\nProducers placing packaging on the market in Latvia carry a packaging EPR obligation.\n\n> Dabas resursu nodokli par iepakojumu, vienreiz lietojamiem galda traukiem un piederumiem vai videi kaitīgām precēm nodokļa maksātājs nemaksā, ja tas nodrošina\n>\n> Source: Regime (https://www.vid.gov.lv/lv/biezak-uzdotie-jautajumi-katalogs/dabas-resursu-nodoklis-nodoklis-par-videi-kaitigam-precem-un-iepakojumu), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: lv\n\nParaphrase: The taxpayer does not pay the natural resources tax on packaging, single-use tableware and cutlery or environmentally harmful goods if it ensures\n\n> **Not yet published**: Not yet published for Latvia: the revenue basis, treatment of affiliates, the organisation model, the material categories, reporting notes, and filing languages. Each of these stays blank until a primary source is verified; we do not fill gaps from memory or from other jurisdictions."
},
{
"id": "who",
"heading": "Who is the producer in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Who is the producer in Latvia\n\nIn 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.\n\nThe 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.\n\n**Who is the producer in Latvia, by packaging level**\n\n| Packaging level | Producer roles recorded |\n| --- | --- |\n| primary (sales) packaging | manufacturer or brand owner, importer, first distributor |\n| secondary packaging | manufacturer or brand owner, importer, first distributor |\n| service packaging | manufacturer or brand owner, importer, first distributor |\n| shipping packaging | online marketplace seller, manufacturer or brand owner |\n| tertiary (transport) packaging | manufacturer or brand owner, importer, first distributor |\n\nIn Latvia, the party that carries the obligation by default is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, and first distributor.\n\n> makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users\n>\n> Source: Producer hierarchy (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nIn Latvia, the obligation can be transferred to another party under the stated rules.\n\nTransfer detail: join a packaging management system operator that has a contract with the Ministry\n\nWhether affiliates are counted together in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: No affiliate rule found.\n\nThe revenue basis in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: No revenue basis found.\n\nRoles 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."
},
{
"id": "thresholds",
"heading": "Thresholds that apply in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Thresholds that apply in Latvia\n\nThresholds 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.\n\n**Thresholds recorded for Latvia**\n\n| Measure | Amount | Effect | Note |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| [packaging weight](#threshold-ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | a reduced duty applies | Below 10 t a producer submits the reduced Annex IX Part B point 2 information; a Member State may set a lower ceiling for a specific year. |\n| packaging weight | Not yet published | | |\n\nLatvia sets a packaging weight threshold of 10 tonnes per calendar year; effect: a reduced duty applies.\n\nBasis of the packaging weight threshold: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.\n\n> a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year\n>\n> Source: Threshold (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nA threshold in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: National threshold not retrieved."
},
{
"id": "exemptions",
"heading": "Exemptions in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Exemptions in Latvia\n\nAn 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.\n\nExemption in Latvia: No tax if the taxpayer runs or joins a contracted management system and meets recovery norms; procedure in Cabinet Regulation No. 480 of 16 Aug 2017. You must apply for it.\n\n> Prasības, lai saņemtu atbrīvojumu no nodokļa samaksas par iepakojumu\n>\n> Source: Exemption (https://www.vid.gov.lv/lv/biezak-uzdotie-jautajumi-katalogs/dabas-resursu-nodoklis-nodoklis-par-videi-kaitigam-precem-un-iepakojumu), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: lv\n\nParaphrase: Requirements for receiving an exemption from payment of the tax on packaging"
},
{
"id": "registration-system",
"heading": "Registration and the system in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Registration and the system in Latvia\n\nRegistration 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.\n\nProducers in Latvia must register. How: National producer register under PPWR Art. 44.\n\nWho registers: Each producer, or its PRO or authorised representative, in each Member State where it first makes packaging available\n\n> Producers shall be obliged to register in the register referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in each Member State where they make packaging\n>\n> Source: Registration (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nThe organisation model in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: Not retrieved.\n\nThe material categories in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: Not retrieved."
},
{
"id": "deadlines",
"heading": "Deadlines in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Deadlines in Latvia\n\nLatvia 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.\n\nEvery 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.\n\n1 obligation recurs on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.\n\nSee every deadline for Latvia, with its period and what it requires, on the Latvia deadlines page.\n\nA 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."
},
{
"id": "fees-reporting",
"heading": "Fees and reporting in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Fees and reporting in Latvia\n\nLatvia 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.\n\n- [Latvia 2026 fees](https://instica.com/epr/latvia/fees/2026): rates by material for fee year 2026.\n\nThe 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.\n\nLatvia 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.\n\nColumns, material mapping and the checks a file must pass are on the Latvia report format page."
},
{
"id": "material-fees",
"heading": "Latvia: packaging fees by material",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Latvia: packaging fees by material\n\nInstica 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.\n\n**Fees by material class, Latvia 2026**\n\n| Material | Categories | Lowest (EUR per kilogram) | Highest (EUR per kilogram) | Mean (EUR per tonne) | Source |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |\n| Plastic | 5 | [0.24](#lo-plastic-lv-04-1) | [44.00](#hi-plastic-lv-04-6) | [14,418.00](#mm-plastic) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Composite and cartons | 1 | [1.25](#lo-composite-lv-04-3) | [1.25](#hi-composite-lv-04-3) | [1,250.00](#mm-composite) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Other metal | 1 | [1.10](#lo-metal-lv-03) | [1.10](#hi-metal-lv-03) | [1,100.00](#mm-metal) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Glass | 1 | [0.44](#lo-glass-lv-01) | [0.44](#hi-glass-lv-01) | [440.00](#mm-glass) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Paper and card | 1 | [0.24](#lo-paper-lv-02) | [0.24](#hi-paper-lv-02) | [240.00](#mm-paper) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n\nThe 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.\n\n**Class means compared across jurisdictions, EUR per tonne**\n\n| Material | This jurisdiction | Median of the others | Rank | Highest mean | Source |\n| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- | --- |\n| Plastic | [14,418.00](#mm-plastic) | [257.47](#mc-med-plastic) | [1 / 13](#mc-rank-plastic) | [Latvia: 14,418.00](#mc-top-plastic) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Composite and cartons | [1,250.00](#mm-composite) | [281.00](#mc-med-composite) | [1 / 12](#mc-rank-composite) | [Latvia: 1,250.00](#mc-top-composite) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Other metal | [1,100.00](#mm-metal) | [90.62](#mc-med-metal) | [1 / 4](#mc-rank-metal) | [Latvia: 1,100.00](#mc-top-metal) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Glass | [440.00](#mm-glass) | [42.13](#mc-med-glass) | [1 / 13](#mc-rank-glass) | [Latvia: 440.00](#mc-top-glass) | [Source](https://likumi.lv/ta/id/124707-dabas-resursu-nodokla-likums) |\n| Paper and card | [240.00](#mm-paper) | [85.67](#mc-med-paper) | [2 / 14](#mc-rank-paper) | [France: 258.10](#mc-top-paper) | [Source](https://ecd-bo.citeo.com/ecd2/medias/citeo/public/fr/guide-du-tarif-des-emballages-menagers-2026.pdf) |"
},
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"id": "obligations",
"heading": "Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Latvia",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Latvia\n\nPackaging labelling is required in Latvia, under PPWR harmonised material-composition label (pictograms).\n\nLabelling 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.\n\n> packaging placed on the market shall be marked with a harmonised label containing information on its material composition\n>\n> Source: Labelling (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nLanguages in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: Not verified.\n\nLatvia sets a target for recycling rate, all packaging waste: 65% by December 31, 2025.\n\nLatvia sets a target for recycling rate, all packaging waste: 70% by December 31, 2030.\n\nLatvia sets a penalty for infringements of PPWR EPR duties: set by each Member State (must be effective, proportionate, dissuasive; administrative fines for Arts. 24-29) per infringement.\n\nLabelling, 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."
},
{
"id": "compare",
"heading": "Latvia compared with nearby places",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Latvia compared with nearby places\n\nRules 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.\n\n**Latvia read against neighbouring and similar places**\n\n| Place | Producers obliged | Regulator | Registration |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Lithuania | [Yes](#cmp-LT-obligated) | Not yet published | Required |\n| [Estonia](https://instica.com/epr/estonia) | [Yes](#cmp-EE-obligated) | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| [Belgium](https://instica.com/epr/belgium) | [Yes](#cmp-BE-obligated) | [Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL)](#cmp-BE-regulator) | Required |\n| [Italy](https://instica.com/epr/italy) | [Yes](#cmp-IT-obligated) | [Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system](#cmp-IT-regulator) | Required |\n| [Austria](https://instica.com/epr/austria) | [Yes](#cmp-AT-obligated) | Not yet published | Required |\n| [Switzerland](https://instica.com/epr/switzerland) | [Yes](#cmp-CH-obligated) | [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)](#cmp-CH-regulator) | Not yet published |\n| [Bulgaria](https://instica.com/epr/bulgaria) | [Yes](#cmp-BG-obligated) | Not yet published | Not yet published |\n| [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) | [Yes](#cmp-ES-obligated) | [Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment](#cmp-ES-regulator) | Required |"
},
{
"id": "compare-records",
"heading": "Records behind the comparison",
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\n\n## Records behind the comparison\n\nThe regime in Lithuania is recorded as Law on Packaging and Packaging Waste Management, with registration and accounting in the GPAIS information system.\n\nLithuania sets a packaging weight threshold of 10 tonnes per calendar year.\n\nLithuania has a deadline of another kind on August 12, 2026.\n\nThe regime in Estonia is recorded as Estonian Packaging Act and Packaging Excise Duty Act: packaging undertakings are responsible for recycling, delegable to a recovery organisation.\n\nEstonia runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: OÜ Eesti Pakendiringlus, Eesti Taaskasutusorganisatsioon MTÜ, and OÜ Tootjavastutusorganisatsioon.\n\nEstonia has a deadline of another kind on August 12, 2026.\n\nThe regime in Belgium is recorded as Belgian interregional Cooperation Agreement on packaging waste, in force in its current version since 5 March 2020; enforced by the Interregional Packaging Commission (IRPC/IVC-CIE).\n\nBelgium runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Fost Plus (household) and Valipac (industrial).\n\nBelgium sets a tonnage threshold of 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year.\n\nBelgium has a deadline of another kind on September 15, 2026.\n\nThe regime in Italy is recorded as Legislative Decree 152/2006, Part IV Title II (packaging and packaging waste), CONAI consortium system.\n\nItaly runs its system through registered schemes that producers join: CONAI, Comieco (paper), Corepla (plastic), Coreve (glass), Rilegno (wood), CiAl (aluminium), and Ricrea (steel).\n\nItaly sets a packaging weight threshold of 10 tonnes per calendar year.\n\nItaly has a deadline of another kind on August 12, 2026.\n\nThe regime in Austria is recorded as Austrian packaging EPR: AWG 2002 (Abfallwirtschaftsgesetz 2002) and Verpackungsverordnung 2014 (VVO 2014).\n\nAustria runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Altstoff Recycling Austria AG (ARA).\n\nAustria sets a packaging weight threshold of 1500 kg per calendar year.\n\nAustria has a registration deadline on January 1, 2023.\n\nThe regime in Switzerland is recorded as Verpackungsverordnung (VerpV, SR 814.621) of 24 June 2026.\n\nSwitzerland runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: VetroSwiss (glass beverage packaging advance disposal fee, mandated by BAFU), PET-Recycling Schweiz (PET beverage containers, voluntary sectoral solution), IGORA-Genossenschaft (aluminium packaging, voluntary sectoral solution), and Ferro Recycling (tinplate cans, voluntary sectoral solution).\n\nSwitzerland sets a units threshold of 1,000.\n\nThe regime in Bulgaria is recorded as Bulgarian Waste Management Act: extended producer responsibility for packaging, met through a recovery organisation or the product fee.\n\nBulgaria runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: ECOPACK Bulgaria AD and ECOBULPACK.\n\nBulgaria sets a tonnage threshold of 10 tonnes per year.\n\nBulgaria has a deadline of another kind on August 12, 2026.\n\nThe regime in Spain is recorded as Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, under Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils.\n\nSpain runs its system through more than one producer responsibility organisation: Ecoembes and Ecovidrio.\n\nSpain sets a packaging weight threshold of 10 tonnes per calendar year.\n\nSpain has a deadline of another kind on August 12, 2026."
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"id": "pairs",
"heading": "Latvia read against each neighbour",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Latvia read against each neighbour\n\nEach 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.\n\nLatvia and [Lithuania](#cmp-LT-obligated) 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.\n\nLatvia and [Estonia](#cmp-EE-obligated) both record an obligation for packaging producers. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.\n\nLatvia and [Belgium](#cmp-BE-obligated) 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)](#cmp-BE-regulator) 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](#cmp-BE-threshold) in Belgium, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.\n\nLatvia and [Italy](#cmp-IT-obligated) 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](#cmp-IT-regulator) 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.\n\nLatvia and [Austria](#cmp-AT-obligated) 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](#cmp-AT-threshold) in Austria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is August 12, 2026 in Latvia and [January 1, 2023](#cmp-AT-deadline) in Austria, 1319 days later here.\n\nLatvia and [Switzerland](#cmp-CH-obligated) 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)](#cmp-CH-regulator) next door. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Latvia and [1,000 of units](#cmp-CH-threshold) in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly. \n\nLatvia and [Bulgaria](#cmp-BG-obligated) 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](#cmp-BG-threshold) in Bulgaria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.\n\nLatvia and [Spain](#cmp-ES-obligated) 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](#cmp-ES-regulator) 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."
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"id": "position",
"heading": "Where Latvia sits among the places we cover",
"kind": "body",
"markdown": "\n\n## Where Latvia sits among the places we cover\n\nCounted 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](https://instica.com/epr/colorado) (11), [Bulgaria](https://instica.com/epr/bulgaria) (10), [New Brunswick](https://instica.com/epr/new-brunswick) (10), [Québec](https://instica.com/epr/quebec) (10), [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) (10) and [Croatia](https://instica.com/epr/croatia) (10). The places just behind it are [Norway](https://instica.com/epr/norway) (10), [Washington](https://instica.com/epr/washington) (10), [Nova Scotia](https://instica.com/epr/nova-scotia) (9), [Germany](https://instica.com/epr/germany) (9), [Denmark](https://instica.com/epr/denmark) (9) and [Netherlands](https://instica.com/epr/netherlands) (9).\n\nCounting every verified record, not only the core fields, Latvia holds 14 and ranks 29 of 53. Ahead of it are [Croatia](https://instica.com/epr/croatia) (16), [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) (15), [Italy](https://instica.com/epr/italy) (15), [Netherlands](https://instica.com/epr/netherlands) (15), [Manitoba](https://instica.com/epr/manitoba) (14) and [Finland](https://instica.com/epr/finland) (14). Behind it are [Sweden](https://instica.com/epr/sweden) (14), [Alberta](https://instica.com/epr/alberta) (13), [Yukon](https://instica.com/epr/yukon) (13), [Norway](https://instica.com/epr/norway) (13), Greece (12) and [Poland](https://instica.com/epr/poland) (12).\n\nAll 31 places in this region in the dataset record an obligation, so Latvia is not an outlier among its neighbours.\n\nOrdered by earliest verified deadline, Latvia comes 27 of 41, on August 12, 2026. Before it come [Croatia](https://instica.com/epr/croatia) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Hungary](https://instica.com/epr/hungary) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Ireland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Italy](https://instica.com/epr/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](https://instica.com/epr/netherlands) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Poland](https://instica.com/epr/poland) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Portugal](https://instica.com/epr/portugal) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), [Romania](https://instica.com/epr/romania) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and [Sweden](https://instica.com/epr/sweden) (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day).\n\nAmong 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.\n\n**First thresholds near Latvia, lowest first**\n\n| Place | First threshold | Against this page |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [Spain](https://instica.com/epr/spain) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Italy](https://instica.com/epr/italy) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| Lithuania | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| Luxembourg | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Latvia](https://instica.com/epr/latvia) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | This page |\n| Malta | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Netherlands](https://instica.com/epr/netherlands) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Poland](https://instica.com/epr/poland) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Portugal](https://instica.com/epr/portugal) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Romania](https://instica.com/epr/romania) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |\n| [Sweden](https://instica.com/epr/sweden) | 10 tonnes per calendar year | Equal |"
},
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"id": "prepare",
"heading": "What to prepare for Latvia",
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\n\n## What to prepare for Latvia\n\n1. Work out whether you are the producer for each product you sell in Latvia, using the producer roles above.\n2. Compare your Latvia revenue and packaging weight with each threshold in the table; keep the working.\n3. Register with National producer register under PPWR Art. 44 before you report or pay.\n4. Put every dated deadline above in your calendar, with the period it covers.\n5. Collect packaging weights by material so the report file can be prepared to the format above.\n6. Sign and submit your filings yourself in the regulator's portal; Instica never stores portal credentials and never files for you.\n\nInstica measures packaging, estimates what you may owe and prepares the report file. It does not decide whether you are obliged; that stays with you and the regulator."
},
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"id": "method",
"heading": "How to read this page",
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\n\n## How to read this page\n\nEvery statement on this page is generated from a verified record, and each record keeps its source address, the date we retrieved it, and, where the source is a statute or notice, the quoted text. A value marked \"not yet published\" has no verified source yet; we show the reason instead of a number.\n\nQuotes are shown in the language of the source with a labelled summary in English. The summary helps you read; the quote is what the source says. If the two ever differ, the quote governs.\n\nLatvia has 10 of 16 core fields verified. The remaining 6 are listed in the overview. When one of them is published, the page changes and the \"last verified\" date moves; until then, the safest assumption is that the answer is unknown, not that it is no."
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"heading": "What is still open for Latvia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What is still open for Latvia\n\nLatvia has 6 of 16 core fields still open, and the reason recorded for each is below.\n\n- **The revenue basis**: Reason recorded: No revenue basis found.\n- **Treatment of affiliates**: Reason recorded: No affiliate rule found.\n- **The organisation model**: Reason recorded: Not retrieved.\n- **The material categories**: Reason recorded: Not retrieved.\n- **Reporting notes**: Reason recorded: No report layout retrieved.\n- **Filing languages**: Reason recorded: Not verified."
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"id": "gaps-meaning",
"heading": "What an open field means in practice",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What an open field means in practice\n\nA field is marked not yet published when no primary source we can cite says what it needs to say. Below, each open field for Latvia is listed with the reason we recorded and what it means for a business that sells there while the field stays open.\n\n- **The revenue basis**: The revenue basis decides which sales count toward a threshold; keep revenue split by place so any basis can be applied later.\n- **Treatment of affiliates**: Whether affiliates are added together affects group companies; keep group revenue and tonnage by entity.\n- **The organisation model**: The organisation model says whether you deal with one body, several, or the state; it decides who you pay and who issues proof.\n- **The material categories**: Material categories decide how packaging is grouped for fees; weigh and record packaging by material so any grouping can be applied.\n- **Reporting notes**: Reporting notes cover practical points such as units and rounding; keep your working in grams by material.\n- **Filing languages**: The filing language decides whether you need a translation of your report; confirm before you prepare the file.\n\nWe re-check open fields when a source changes and when a reviewer flags one. If you hold a primary source that answers an open field for Latvia, the data-gaps page explains how to send it; we publish a field only after we can cite the source and its date."
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"heading": "What this means for different sellers in Latvia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What this means for different sellers in Latvia\n\nBecause Latvia records a packaging EPR obligation, each of the following sellers should expect to do some work. What differs is who the producer is and which threshold applies.\n\n#### A brand owner that makes or packs its own goods\n\nYou are the likeliest producer. Count the packaging you put into Latvia by material, compare it with the thresholds, and register (the dataset records that registration is required). Keep the weights; every later step starts from them.\n\n#### An importer or reseller of branded goods\n\nImporters are named producers in many regimes. Check the producer roles above: if the importer is listed for a packaging level, the duty for that pack can move to you from the brand owner, and the brand owner may ask for proof that you handle it.\n\n#### A seller that ships through an online marketplace\n\nSome regimes make the marketplace answerable and some leave the duty with you. This page lists the roles recorded for Latvia; where the marketplace role is not listed, assume you remain responsible and check the marketplace's own seller guidance.\n\n#### A small seller that sells only a few parcels a year\n\nCompare your figures with the 1 verified threshold above. Being under a threshold can mean no fee, a simplified report or only a registration; read the effect column, because it is not always full relief."
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"id": "mistakes",
"heading": "Common mistakes with Latvia packaging EPR",
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\n\n## Common mistakes with Latvia packaging EPR\n\nMost problems with packaging EPR do not come from the rule itself; they come from a few repeated slips. These are the ones to avoid when you work from the records for Latvia.\n\n- Treating \"not yet published\" as \"no\". An open field means we do not know, and the safe reading is that a duty may exist.\n- Using another place's threshold. Latvia sets its own figures (see the table); a neighbour's number does not carry over.\n- Measuring in the wrong unit. Thresholds are written in kilograms, tonnes or a currency; convert before you compare.\n- Counting the wrong period. The period a deadline covers is part of the rule, and the table shows it where it is published.\n- Assuming a marketplace or a supplier handles reporting. Confirm in writing who the producer is for each pack and who is responsible for submission.\n- Filing on a calendar you copied from last year. Dates move; use the dated records on this page and recheck near the deadline.\n\nThe records show what the published sources say. A decision with real exposure belongs with the regulator or a qualified adviser."
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"id": "paa-what-is-latvia-s-biggest-industry",
"heading": "What is Latvia's biggest industry?",
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"markdown": "\n\n## What is Latvia's biggest industry?\n\nOur records for this page do not speak directly to “What is Latvia's biggest industry”. What they do establish: [Producers placing packaging on the market in Latvia carry a packaging EPR obligation.](#obligated) [The packaging EPR regime in Latvia is recorded as Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system.](#regime)"
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"id": "paa-what-are-the-major-problems-facing-latvi",
"heading": "What are the major problems facing Latvia?",
"kind": "paa",
"markdown": "\n\n## What are the major problems facing Latvia?\n\nOur records for this page do not speak directly to “What are the major problems facing Latvia”. What they do establish: [Producers placing packaging on the market in Latvia carry a packaging EPR obligation.](#obligated) [The packaging EPR regime in Latvia is recorded as Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system.](#regime)"
},
{
"id": "paa-what-is-sia-in-latvia",
"heading": "What is SIA in Latvia?",
"kind": "paa",
"markdown": "\n\n## What is SIA in Latvia?\n\nOur records for this page do not speak directly to “What is SIA in Latvia”. What they do establish: [Producers placing packaging on the market in Latvia carry a packaging EPR obligation.](#obligated) [The packaging EPR regime in Latvia is recorded as Natural Resources Tax Act (packaging tax) with exemption through a waste management system.](#regime)"
},
{
"id": "paa-how-can-i-search-for-a-company-registere",
"heading": "How can I search for a company registered in Latvia?",
"kind": "paa",
"markdown": "\n\n## How can I search for a company registered in Latvia?\n\n[Producers in Latvia must register. How: National producer register under PPWR Art. 44.](#registration) [The organisation model in Latvia: not yet published. Reason: Not retrieved.](#organisation) [Producers placing packaging on the market in Latvia carry a packaging EPR obligation.](#obligated) Fields without a primary source stay marked as not yet published."
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"id": "faq",
"heading": "Questions about packaging EPR in Latvia",
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"markdown": "\n\n## Questions about packaging EPR in Latvia\n\n### Do I need to take part in packaging EPR in Latvia?\n\nLatvia records a packaging EPR obligation for producers, with thresholds that decide who is in scope; compare your figures with the thresholds table. Whether you are the producer depends on the roles listed for each packaging level.\n\n### Who is the regulator in Latvia?\n\nThe regulator recorded for Latvia is State Revenue Service (VID) administers the tax; Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development contracts management systems.\n\n### Is there a small-business threshold in Latvia?\n\nLatvia records 1 verified threshold; see the table above for the amounts and what each one changes.\n\n### When are filings due in Latvia?\n\nLatvia records 2 verified deadlines; they are listed with the period each covers.\n\n### Do I have to register in Latvia?\n\nYes, the dataset records that registration is required in Latvia.\n\n### Does Instica file my report?\n\nNo. We measure your packaging, estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file. You review it, sign it and submit it yourself, and Instica never stores regulator-portal credentials.\n\n### How do I know the data is current?\n\nEach record shows the source address and the date we retrieved it. This page was last verified on September 29, 2026.\n\n### Can I rely on this page for a decision?\n\nIt summarizes published sources to help you prepare. For a decision that carries real risk, ask the regulator or a qualified adviser."
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"id": "estimate",
"heading": null,
"kind": "boilerplate",
"markdown": "\n\n> **Estimate**: Figures here are estimates prepared from published sources, not a ruling. You review, sign and submit your own filings; Instica does not store regulator-portal credentials and does not submit for you."
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"quote": "Dabas resursu nodokli par iepakojumu, vienreiz lietojamiem galda traukiem un piederumiem vai videi kaitīgām precēm nodokļa maksātājs nemaksā, ja tas nodrošina",
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"quote": "ir noslēdzis ar iepakojuma, vienreiz lietojamo galda trauku un piederumu vai videi kaitīgu preču atkritumu apsaimniekotāju līgumu par piedalīšanos apsaimniekošanas sistēmā",
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"url": "https://www.vid.gov.lv/lv/biezak-uzdotie-jautajumi-katalogs/dabas-resursu-nodoklis-nodoklis-par-videi-kaitigam-precem-un-iepakojumu",
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"quote": "is responsible for the recycling of packaging",
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"quote": "2025. aastaks on Kliimaministeerium väljastanud tähtajatud tagatisrahata pakenditega seotud taaskasutusorganisatsiooni tegevusload kolmele TKO-le.",
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"url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj/eng",
"label": null,
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"quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
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"quote": "Does your company put household packaging on the market? Then you have an obligation to report on this packaging to the government.",
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"url": "https://valipac.academy/en/modules/gaining-a-better-understanding-of-the-legislation/belgian-legislative-framework/",
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"quote": "The new version of the Cooperation Agreement has been in force since 5 March 2020.",
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"quote": "This representative must (1) be established in Belgium and (2) be registered with EPRiBEL.",
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"quote": "companies that put at least 300 tonnes of single-use packaging on the market annually",
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"url": "https://www.fostplus.be/en/members/declaration",
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"url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2006-04-03;152~art221",
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"quote": "I produttori e gli utilizzatori sono responsabili della corretta ed efficace gestione ambientale degli imballaggi",
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"url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2006-04-03;152~art221",
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"url": "https://www.normattiva.it/uri-res/N2Ls?urn:nir:stato:decreto.legislativo:2006-04-03;152~art224",
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"quote": "costituiscono un Consorzio per ciascun materiale di imballaggio",
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"quote": "aderire ad uno dei consorzi di cui all'articolo 223;",
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"url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20002086",
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"url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
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"quote": "haben für ab dem 1. Jänner 2023 in Österreich in Verkehr gesetzte Verpackungen einen Bevollmächtigten",
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"url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
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"url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
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"url": "https://www.ris.bka.gv.at/GeltendeFassung.wxe?Abfrage=Bundesnormen&Gesetzesnummer=20008902",
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"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",
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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.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2026/358/20270101/de/html/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-2026-358-20270101-de-html.html",
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"quote": "einer vom BAFU beauftragten Organisation eine vorgezogene Entsorgungsgebühr (Gebühr) entrichten.",
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"url": "https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2026/358/20270101/de/html/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-2026-358-20270101-de-html.html",
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"url": "https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2026/358/20270101/de/html/fedlex-data-admin-ch-eli-cc-2026-358-20270101-de-html.html",
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"quote": "Die Kantone vollziehen diese Verordnung, soweit der Vollzug nicht einer Bundesbehörde übertragen ist.",
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"url": "https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/packaging-glass",
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"quote": "b. Herstellerinnen und Hersteller, die pro Kalenderhalbjahr weniger als 1000 Getränkeverpackungen abgeben oder einführen.",
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"url": "https://www.ecopack.bg/en/members/why-choose-ecopack",
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"quote": "obliged all producers and importers of packaged goods in the Bulgarian market to collect, recycle, and recover a set percentage",
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"url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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"quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información",
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