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  "url": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe",
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  "key": "E:NL",
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  "locale": "en",
  "lang": "en-US",
  "title": "Do I owe EPR fees Netherlands | Instica",
  "h1": "Do I owe EPR fees Netherlands",
  "description": "Under the rules we hold, Netherlands has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
  "answer": "Under the rules we hold, Netherlands has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The size limit on record is 10 tonnes per calendar year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-04",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-29",
  "dataset": {
    "version": "v1-281284b7e7c1",
    "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "licenceLine": "Reuse is allowed under CC-BY-4.0 with credit to Instica and a link to this page."
  },
  "cite": "Instica, “Do I owe EPR fees Netherlands”, https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe, last verified 2026-11-04, dataset v1-281284b7e7c1, CC-BY-4.0.",
  "about": [
    {
      "name": "Netherlands"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "id": "obligated",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#obligated",
      "leafPath": "NL.obligated",
      "statement": "Netherlands: a packaging EPR obligation applies.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "Dan moet u een Afvalbeheerbijdrage Verpakkingen betalen aan Verpact",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "level-primary",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#level-primary",
      "leafPath": "NL.producer_hierarchy.levels.primary",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
      "value": "manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "level-secondary",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#level-secondary",
      "leafPath": "NL.producer_hierarchy.levels.secondary",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
      "value": "manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "level-service",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#level-service",
      "leafPath": "NL.producer_hierarchy.levels.service",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
      "value": "manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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      }
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      "id": "level-shipping",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#level-shipping",
      "leafPath": "NL.producer_hierarchy.levels.shipping",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.",
      "value": "online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
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        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#level-tertiary",
      "leafPath": "NL.producer_hierarchy.levels.tertiary",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "affiliates",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#affiliates",
      "leafPath": "NL.affiliates.aggregated",
      "statement": "Netherlands: affiliated companies are counted together for the limits.",
      "value": true,
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0035711/",
        "quote": "deel uitmaakt van een fiscale eenheid als bedoeld in artikel 7, vierde lid, van de Wet op de omzetbelasting 1968",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "affiliates-definition",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#affiliates-definition",
      "leafPath": "NL.affiliates.definition",
      "statement": "Netherlands: the rules define an affiliate as: Members of a VAT fiscal unit are aggregated for the 50,000 kg threshold.",
      "value": "Members of a VAT fiscal unit are aggregated for the 50,000 kg threshold.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0035711/",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year.",
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      "id": "threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-effect",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-effect",
      "leafPath": "NL.thresholds[ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting].effect",
      "statement": "Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies.",
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      "pending": false,
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      "statement": "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.",
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      "leafPath": "NL.thresholds[ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting].basis",
      "statement": "Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.",
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#threshold-nl_50000_kg",
      "leafPath": "NL.thresholds[nl-50000-kg]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 50,000 kg per calendar year.",
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "threshold-nl_50000_kg-effect",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#threshold-nl_50000_kg-effect",
      "leafPath": "NL.thresholds[nl-50000-kg].effect",
      "statement": "Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 50,000 kg per calendar year, registration is triggered.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
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        "status": "verified",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#threshold-nl_50000_kg-logic",
      "leafPath": "NL.thresholds[nl-50000-kg].logic",
      "statement": "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.",
      "value": "Above 50,000 kg: declaration and contribution to Verpact. Single-use plastic packaging must be declared even below 50,000 kg",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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      "id": "threshold-nl_50000_kg-basis",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging placed on the Dutch market or discarded after import.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
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        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "exemption-indirect_export_refund",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#exemption-indirect_export_refund",
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      "statement": "Exemption 1: Refund of contribution on indirect export of packaging already charged.",
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "kunt u onder voorwaarden de afvalbeheerbijdrage verpakkingen voor indirecte export terugvragen",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "exemption-indirect_export_refund-apply",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#exemption-indirect_export_refund-apply",
      "leafPath": "NL.exemptions[indirect-export-refund].must_apply_for",
      "statement": "Netherlands: exemption 1 must be applied for.",
      "value": true,
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "kunt u onder voorwaarden de afvalbeheerbijdrage verpakkingen voor indirecte export terugvragen",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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    {
      "id": "case-vol_below_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#case-vol_below_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting",
      "leafPath": "calc.owe[NL:vol-below:ppwr-10t-simplified-reporting]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for case 1 (Packaging of 5 tonnes per calendar year: below the limit) the engine's result is below threshold.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "case-vol_below_nl_50000_kg",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#case-vol_below_nl_50000_kg",
      "leafPath": "calc.owe[NL:vol-below:nl-50000-kg]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for case 2 (Packaging of 25,000 kg per calendar year: below the limit) the engine's result is below threshold.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "case-vol_above_nl_50000_kg",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#case-vol_above_nl_50000_kg",
      "leafPath": "calc.owe[NL:vol-above:nl-50000-kg]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for case 3 (Packaging of 100,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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        "label": null
      }
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      "id": "case-all_above",
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      "leafPath": "calc.owe[NL:all-above]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: for case 4 (Above every limit) the engine's result is obligated.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
        "quoteLang": "en",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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        "label": null
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      "id": "registration-registry",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: registration is made with Verpact (formerly Afvalfonds Verpakkingen).",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "Dan moet u zich eerst aanmelden bij Verpact",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
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      "statement": "Netherlands: registration is made by this party: Producers and importers above the threshold.",
      "value": "Producers and importers above the threshold",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
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        "quoteLang": "nl",
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        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#registration-renewal",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: registration renewal: declaration every year.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "Dan moet u zich eerst aanmelden bij Verpact",
        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "registration-identifier",
      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#registration-identifier",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: the registration identifier is called: Verpact customer number.",
      "value": "Verpact customer number",
      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
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        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
        "status": "verified",
        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "organisation-model",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
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        "quoteLang": "nl",
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      }
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      "id": "organisation-names",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: the organisations on record are Verpact.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
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        "quoteLang": "nl",
        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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        "label": null
      }
    },
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      "id": "organisation-membership",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: membership of an organisation is required.",
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      "unit": null,
      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "Dan moet u een Afvalbeheerbijdrage Verpakkingen betalen aan Verpact",
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      "anchor": "https://instica.com/epr/netherlands/do-i-owe#organisation-ar",
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      "statement": "Netherlands: an authorised representative is not required.",
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        "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
        "quote": "Dan moet u een Afvalbeheerbijdrage Verpakkingen betalen aan Verpact",
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      "leafPath": "NL.deadlines[ppwr-application-date]",
      "statement": "Netherlands: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.",
      "value": "2026-08-12",
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
        "quote": "It shall apply from 12 August 2026.",
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    {
      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Netherlands has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The size limit on record is 10 tonnes per calendar year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging."
    },
    {
      "id": "tool",
      "heading": "Check your own case",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"tool\"></a>\n\n## Check your own case\n\nChoose 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.\n\nInteractive tool: Do-I-owe checker (works on the web page)\n\nThe Instica free plan covers the threshold check, exemption tracking, the deadline calendar, packaging templates and fee sources, so you can start without paying. [See what the free plan includes](https://app.instica.com/epr/free-plan)"
    },
    {
      "id": "how",
      "heading": "How the checker reaches a result",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"how\"></a>\n\n## How the checker reaches a result\n\nThe 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.\n\n1. 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.\n2. Do you sell into Netherlands? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared."
    },
    {
      "id": "producer",
      "heading": "Who is the producer in Netherlands?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"producer\"></a>\n\n## Who is the producer in Netherlands?\n\nThe 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.\n\n<a id=\"producer-levels\"></a>**Producer by packaging level in Netherlands**\n\n| Packaging level | Producer |\n| --- | --- |\n| primary (sales) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-primary) |\n| secondary packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-secondary) |\n| service packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-service) |\n| shipping packaging | [online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner](#level-shipping) |\n| tertiary (transport) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-tertiary) |\n\n- [Netherlands: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-primary)\n- [Netherlands: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-secondary)\n- [Netherlands: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-service)\n- [Netherlands: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.](#level-shipping)\n- [Netherlands: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-tertiary)\n\nFind 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."
    },
    {
      "id": "revenue",
      "heading": "Does revenue matter in Netherlands?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"revenue\"></a>\n\n## Does revenue matter in Netherlands?\n\n> **Not yet published**: how revenue is counted: not yet published. Reason: The obligation is weight-based; no revenue basis is stated on the retrieved pages.\n\n[Affiliated companies are counted together, so the revenue and tonnage of related companies add up before the limits are applied.](#affiliates) [The rules define an affiliate as follows: Members of a VAT fiscal unit are aggregated for the 50,000 kg threshold.](#affiliates-definition)"
    },
    {
      "id": "thresholds",
      "heading": "Size limits in Netherlands",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"thresholds\"></a>\n\n## Size limits in Netherlands\n\nSome 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.\n\n#### <a id=\"threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-heading\"></a>The packaging weight limit: 10 tonnes per calendar year\n\n[Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting) [Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-effect) [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.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-logic) [Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-basis)\n\n> a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year\n>\n> Source: eur-lex.europa.eu: oj (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nParaphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 10 tonnes per calendar year.\n\n#### <a id=\"threshold-nl_50000_kg-heading\"></a>The packaging weight limit: 50,000 kg per calendar year\n\n[Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is 50,000 kg per calendar year.](#threshold-nl_50000_kg) [Netherlands: at the packaging weight limit of 50,000 kg per calendar year, registration is triggered.](#threshold-nl_50000_kg-effect) [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.](#threshold-nl_50000_kg-logic) [Netherlands: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging placed on the Dutch market or discarded after import.](#threshold-nl_50000_kg-basis)\n\n> u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import\n>\n> Source: ondernemersplein.overheid.nl: afvalbeheersbijdrage verpakkingen betalen (https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: nl\n\nParaphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 50,000 kg per calendar year."
    },
    {
      "id": "exemptions",
      "heading": "Exemptions in Netherlands",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"exemptions\"></a>\n\n## Exemptions in Netherlands\n\nAn exemption removes the duty for a producer that meets its conditions. Some must be applied for; others apply on their own.\n\n#### <a id=\"exemption-indirect_export_refund-heading\"></a>Exemption 1\n\n[Exemption 1: Refund of contribution on indirect export of packaging already charged.](#exemption-indirect_export_refund) [Netherlands: exemption 1 must be applied for.](#exemption-indirect_export_refund-apply)"
    },
    {
      "id": "scope",
      "heading": "What the rules cover in Netherlands",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"scope\"></a>\n\n## What the rules cover in Netherlands\n\nA duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Netherlands.\n\n> **Not yet published**: whether the duty can be passed to another party: not yet published. Reason: Whether and how the obligation can be transferred to a service provider or authorised representative was not found on the retrieved pages."
    },
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      "id": "cases",
      "heading": "Every case, worked through",
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      "markdown": "<a id=\"cases\"></a>\n\n## Every case, worked through\n\nBelow, 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.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_below_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-heading\"></a>Packaging of 5 tonnes per calendar year: below the limit\n\nYour 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.](#case-vol_below_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting) Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_below_nl_50000_kg-heading\"></a>Packaging of 25,000 kg per calendar year: below the limit\n\nYour 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.](#case-vol_below_nl_50000_kg) Next: keep the figures that put you below the limit, and check again as you grow.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_above_nl_50000_kg-heading\"></a>Packaging of 100,000 kg per calendar year: above the limit\n\nYour 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.](#case-vol_above_nl_50000_kg) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-all_above-heading\"></a>Above every limit\n\nYour 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.](#case-all_above) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace."
    },
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      "id": "after",
      "heading": "If you owe: what happens next",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"after\"></a>\n\n## If you owe: what happens next\n\nIf 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.\n\n[Netherlands: registration is made with Verpact (formerly Afvalfonds Verpakkingen).](#registration-registry) [Netherlands: registration is made by this party: Producers and importers above the threshold.](#registration-who) [Netherlands: registration renewal: declaration every year.](#registration-renewal) [Netherlands: the registration identifier is called: Verpact customer number.](#registration-identifier)\n\n[Netherlands: producers meet the duty through a single producer responsibility organisation.](#organisation-model) [Netherlands: the organisations on record are Verpact.](#organisation-names) [Netherlands: membership of an organisation is required.](#organisation-membership) [Netherlands: an authorised representative is not required.](#organisation-ar)\n\n#### Deadlines on record\n\n- [Netherlands: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application_date)"
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      "id": "faq",
      "heading": "Frequently asked questions",
      "kind": "faq",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"faq\"></a>\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### <a id=\"faq-owe\"></a>Do I owe packaging EPR in Netherlands?\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Netherlands has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The size limit on record is 10 tonnes per calendar year, so small producers may fall below it. The answer depends first on whose brand is on the packaging.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-producer\"></a>Who is the producer in Netherlands?\n\nAt the primary packaging level the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The table above lists the other levels.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-limit\"></a>Is there a size limit in Netherlands?\n\nYes. The limit on record is 10 tonnes per calendar year; below it the rules treat you differently, as the cases above show.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-organisation\"></a>Do I have to join a producer responsibility organisation in Netherlands?\n\nMembership of an organisation is required. The organisations on record: Verpact.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-register\"></a>Will Instica register or file for me in Netherlands?\n\nNo. Instica measures, estimates and prepares your figures and files. You register, sign and submit each filing yourself, and Instica never stores portal credentials.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-legal\"></a>Is this legal advice?\n\nNo. This page is information about published rules and an estimate from them, not legal advice. Check the sources named beside each figure before you act."
    },
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      "id": "estimate",
      "heading": "How to read these figures",
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"estimate\"></a>\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **Estimate**: The figures on this page are estimates we prepare from the published sources listed below. Instica measures your packaging and prepares the numbers; you check them, sign and submit to the regulator or scheme yourself. We never submit for you and never store regulator-portal credentials.\n\nEvery figure in the app carries a data-quality label: measured, supplier, estimated or declared. [How we measure and label figures](https://instica.com/epr/methodology). This page is information, not legal advice."
    },
    {
      "id": "review",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "boilerplate",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"review\"></a>\n\n[Our reviewers](https://instica.com/epr/reviewers)."
    }
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    {
      "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
      "label": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Dan moet u een Afvalbeheerbijdrage Verpakkingen betalen aan Verpact",
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    },
    {
      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "makes available for the first time on the territory of another Member State, directly to end users",
      "quoteLang": "en"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0035711/",
      "label": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "deel uitmaakt van een fiscale eenheid als bedoeld in artikel 7, vierde lid, van de Wet op de omzetbelasting 1968",
      "quoteLang": "en"
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      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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      "quote": "a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year",
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      "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "u per kalenderjaar meer dan 50.000 kilo verpakkingsmateriaal op de Nederlandse markt brengt of wegdoet na import",
      "quoteLang": "nl"
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    {
      "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
      "label": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "kunt u onder voorwaarden de afvalbeheerbijdrage verpakkingen voor indirecte export terugvragen",
      "quoteLang": "nl"
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      "url": "https://ondernemersplein.overheid.nl/wetten-en-regels/afvalbeheersbijdrage-verpakkingen-betalen/",
      "label": null,
      "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "Dan moet u zich eerst aanmelden bij Verpact",
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      "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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    {
      "name": "Do I owe EPR fees Netherlands",
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