Do I owe EPR fees Netherlands

Check your own case

Choose your role, add your revenue and the packaging you supply, and the checker applies the rules this page describes to your figures. It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

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How the checker reaches a result

The checker asks the same questions in the same order for every place, and it stops with a result as soon as a question settles the matter. It never fills a missing answer in for you.

1. Whose brand is on the packaging? If it is another company's brand, you are not the producer for those goods under the roles recorded for Netherlands. If you have not said, the checker asks first.
2. Do you sell into Netherlands? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.
3. Does a size limit apply? The checker compares your revenue or packaging weight with each limit on record and, where a limit is not met, returns below threshold.
4. Is an exemption on record for your case? An exemption that is not yet verified is never assumed, and the checker asks for more data instead.
5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared.

Who is the producer in Netherlands?

The first question is whose duty it is. Netherlands assigns the duty by packaging level, and the table shows which roles count as the producer at each level.

• Netherlands: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.
• Netherlands: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.
• Netherlands: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.
• Netherlands: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.
• Netherlands: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.

Find the row that describes you. Where more than one role appears in a row, the checker asks whose brand is on the product before it gives a result.

Does revenue matter in Netherlands?

Affiliated companies are counted together, so the revenue and tonnage of related companies add up before the limits are applied. The rules define an affiliate as follows: Members of a VAT fiscal unit are aggregated for the 50,000 kg threshold.

Size limits in Netherlands

Some rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for Netherlands, each with what happens when you meet it.

The packaging weight limit: 10 tonnes per calendar year

Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year. Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies. Netherlands: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: 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. Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.

The packaging weight limit: 50,000 kg per calendar year

Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 50,000 kg per calendar year. Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 50,000 kg per calendar year, registration is triggered. Netherlands: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Above 50,000 kg: declaration and contribution to Verpact. Single-use plastic packaging must be declared even below 50,000 kg. Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging placed on the Dutch market or discarded after import.

Exemptions in Netherlands

An exemption removes the duty for a producer that meets its conditions. Some must be applied for; others apply on their own.

Exemption 1

Exemption 1: Refund of contribution on indirect export of packaging already charged. Netherlands: exemption 1 must be applied for.

What the rules cover in Netherlands

A duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Netherlands.

Every case, worked through

Below, the same engine that powers the checker is run on a set of standard cases for Netherlands. Each case states the input, the result and the next step. The figures are test inputs set at half, equal to and twice each recorded limit, read as of November 4, 2026; they are not rules.

Packaging of 5 tonnes per calendar year: below the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 5 tonnes per calendar year of packaging, half the limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year. The figure is under the 10 tonnes per calendar year trigger, so the engine returns below threshold: the duty has not been triggered at this level. Result: below threshold. Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.

Packaging of 25,000 kg per calendar year: below the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 25,000 kg per calendar year of packaging, half the limit of 50,000 kg per calendar year. The figure is under the 50,000 kg per calendar year trigger, so the engine returns below threshold: the duty has not been triggered at this level. Result: below threshold. Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.

Packaging of 100,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit

Your own brand is on the goods and you supply 100,000 kg per calendar year of packaging, twice the limit of 50,000 kg per calendar year. The limit is met, so the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

Above every limit

Your own brand is on the goods and every figure is above every limit on record. The limit is met, so the engine returns obligated. Result: obligated. Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.

If you owe: what happens next

If the result is obligated, these are the steps on record for Netherlands. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.

Netherlands: registration is made with Verpact (formerly Afvalfonds Verpakkingen). Netherlands: registration is made by this party: Producers and importers above the threshold. Netherlands: registration renewal: declaration every year. Netherlands: the registration identifier is called: Verpact customer number.

Netherlands: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation. Netherlands: the organisations on record are Verpact. Netherlands: membership of an organisation is required. Netherlands: an authorised representative is not required.

Deadlines on record

• Netherlands: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.