Norway EPR

Packaging EPR in Norway: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Norway. 10 of 16 core rule fields are published from primary sources and 6 are not yet published. The dataset was last reviewed on November 4, 2026, and the newest source on this page was retrieved on November 4, 2026.

Regime

Waste Regulations (avfallsforskriften) chapter 7, packaging and packaging waste, with producer responsibility organisations (PROs)

Regulator

Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet)

Producers obliged

Yes

System

more than one producer responsibility organisation

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

1

Who is the producer in Norway

In Norway, packaging EPR obliges producers to organise or fund the collection and recycling of the packaging they place on the market. The sections below set out who counts as the producer, which thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, and what has to be filed.

The producer hierarchy decides who answers for a pack when several businesses touch it. For Norway, the dataset names the following roles for each packaging level.

Transfer detail: membership of an approved producer responsibility organisation

Roles matter because an online seller, an importer and a brand owner can each be the producer for the same pack, and a pack is counted once. If you sell into Norway through a marketplace, check whether the marketplace or you are recorded as the obligated party. Confirm who is responsible for reporting.

Thresholds that apply in Norway

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Norway publishes 1 verified threshold.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: any quantity.

Exemptions in Norway

An exemption removes or reduces a duty for a defined group. Norway lists 1 exemption in the dataset. Some apply automatically; others only apply if you ask the regulator for them, usually within a window.

Registration and the system in Norway

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

Who registers: Producers join a PRO

Applies to: Foreign producers importing to Norway: a representative requirement exists for other product streams (§ 1-11); not confirmed for packaging.

Deadlines in Norway

Norway 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 Norway.

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

2 obligations recur on a fixed day each year rather than on a single date.

See every deadline for Norway, with its period and what it requires, on the Norway deadlines page.

A deadline is a date the regulator published, not a date we set. We can estimate what you may owe and prepare the report file; you sign and submit it in the regulator's own portal.

Fees and reporting in Norway

Norway 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.

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

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

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

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

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Norway

Labelling, language, target and penalty rules are the parts of a regime that are easiest to miss. A report filed in the wrong language or a pack without a required mark can cost as much as a late payment, so read each of these against your own products.

Norway compared with nearby places

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

Norway read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Norway 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.

Norway and Sweden both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) in Norway and Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket) next door. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Sweden, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Finland both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation.

Norway and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) in Norway and Interregional Packaging Commission (IVC-CIE, now EPRiBEL) next door. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year of tonnage in Belgium, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Italy both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) in Norway and Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system next door. Norway runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Italy runs registered schemes that producers join. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Italy, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Austria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) in Norway and Cantons enforce (Art 25); the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU) receives the reports and mandates and supervises the glass-fee organisation (Art 14-15, 21-24) next door. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Bulgaria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 10 tonnes per year of tonnage in Bulgaria, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Norway and Spain both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Norwegian Environment Agency (Miljødirektoratet) in Norway and Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment next door. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. Registration is required in both. The first thresholds are measured differently: 0 kg of packaging weight in Norway and 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Where Norway sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Norway holds 10 of 17 and ranks 18 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are Bulgaria (10), New Brunswick (10), Québec (10), Spain (10), Croatia (10) and Latvia (10). The places just behind it are Washington (10), Nova Scotia (9), Germany (9), Denmark (9), Netherlands (9) and Sweden (9).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Norway holds 13 and ranks 33 of 53. Ahead of it are Manitoba (14), Finland (14), Latvia (14), Sweden (14), Alberta (13) and Yukon (13). Behind it are Greece (12), Poland (12), Estonia (11), Hungary (11), Luxembourg (11) and Slovakia (11).

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

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in packaging weight, Norway sits 1 of 2 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Norway

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

The revenue basis

Reason recorded: No revenue basis is stated; the duty is weight-based.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: No affiliate aggregation rule found.

The material categories

Reason recorded: Material categories not listed on retrieved page.

Reporting notes

Reason recorded: No shared report layout published.

Labelling

Reason recorded: The absence of a labelling rule cannot be quoted, so required=false is a reading of the chapter, not a stated value.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: Not verified.