Spain EPR

Packaging EPR in Spain: what we have verified

This page collects what we have verified about packaging extended producer responsibility (EPR) in Spain. 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 22, 2026.

Regime

Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, under Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated soils

Regulator

Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment

Producers obliged

Yes

System

more than one producer responsibility organisation

Registration

Required

Fee schedules

2

Who is the producer in Spain

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

Transfer detail: membership of an individual or collective extended producer responsibility system

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 Spain 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 Spain

Thresholds decide whether a business is in scope, whether it pays fees, or whether it can file a simplified report. Spain publishes 2 verified thresholds.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.

Basis of the packaging weight threshold: packaging placed on the market.

Exemptions in Spain

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

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

Who registers: Product producers, or authorised representatives under Art. 17(2)

Applies to: Producers established in another Member State that first make packaging or packaged products available directly to end users must appoint an authorised representative for the extended producer responsibility (PPWR Art. 45(3)); a Member State may require the same of third-country producers.

Deadlines in Spain

Spain records 3 deadlines, 3 of them verified. This page gives the summary; every date, the period it covers and what it requires are on the deadlines page for Spain.

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

Spain publishes 2 fee schedules, for fee years 2026 and 2027. The schedule sets what each kind of packaging costs; the rates themselves are on the fee pages, not here.

• Spain 2026 fees: rates by material for fee year 2026.
• Spain 2027 fees: rates by material for fee year 2027.

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

Spain packaging declaration (working layout) is a csv file submitted through Registro de Productores de Productos (MITECO), packaging section; registry entry. The customer signs in and submits. The customer reviews, signs and submits it.

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

Spain: packaging fees by material

Instica groups the verified rates of the 2027 Ecoembes / Ecovidrio schedule for Spain into 10 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 22, 2026.

Instica holds 2 schedules for Spain priced in the same currency, from 2026 to 2027. The table gives the unweighted mean per tonne of each material class in each schedule, and the change from the earliest schedule in which the class appears to the latest.

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

Labelling, languages, targets and penalties in Spain

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.

Spain compared with nearby places

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

Spain read against each neighbour

Each paragraph reads Spain 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.

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

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

Spain and Belgium both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment in Spain 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: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain and 300 tonnes of single-use packaging per year of tonnage in Belgium, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Spain and Italy both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment in Spain and Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE); CONAI coordinates the consortium system next door. Spain runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Italy runs registered schemes that producers join. 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.

Spain 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: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain and 1500 kg per calendar year of packaging weight in Austria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline is August 12, 2026 in Spain and January 1, 2023 in Austria, 1319 days later here.

Spain and Switzerland both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment in Spain 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: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain and 1,000 of units in Switzerland, so the figures cannot be compared directly.

Spain and Bulgaria both record an obligation for packaging producers. Both run more than one producer responsibility organisation. The first thresholds are measured differently: 10 tonnes per calendar year of packaging weight in Spain and 10 tonnes per year of tonnage in Bulgaria, so the figures cannot be compared directly. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Spain and Croatia both record an obligation for packaging producers. The regulator is Ministry for the Ecological Transition (MITECO), Directorate-General for Environmental Quality and Assessment in Spain and Fond za zaštitu okoliša i energetsku učinkovitost (FZOEU) next door. Spain runs more than one producer responsibility organisation, while Croatia runs a government-run programme. Registration is required in both. The earliest recorded deadline falls on the same day in both, August 12, 2026.

Where Spain sits among the places we cover

Counted by verified core records, Spain holds 10 of 17 and ranks 15 of 53 places in the dataset. The places just ahead of it are British Columbia (11), Switzerland (11), Colorado (11), Bulgaria (10), New Brunswick (10) and Québec (10). The places just behind it are Croatia (10), Latvia (10), Norway (10), Washington (10), Nova Scotia (9) and Germany (9).

Counting every verified record, not only the core fields, Spain holds 15 and ranks 24 of 53. Ahead of it are Maine (17), New Brunswick (16), Nova Scotia (16), Saskatchewan (16), Switzerland (16) and Croatia (16). Behind it are Italy (15), Netherlands (15), Manitoba (14), Finland (14), Latvia (14) and Sweden (14).

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

Ordered by earliest verified deadline, Spain comes 17 of 41, on August 12, 2026. Before it come Minnesota (May 31, 2026, 73 days earlier), Belgium (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Bulgaria (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Cyprus (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Denmark (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Estonia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day). After it come Finland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), France (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Greece (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Croatia (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day), Hungary (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day) and Ireland (August 12, 2026, 0 days on the same day).

Among places whose first threshold is also counted in packaging weight, Spain sits 1 of 13 from the lowest. The table sets it beside the places just below and just above.

What is still open for Spain

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

The revenue basis

Reason recorded: Spanish law sets obligations by packaging weight and units, not by turnover; no revenue basis was found in the retrieved text.

Treatment of affiliates

Reason recorded: No affiliate or group aggregation rule was found in RD 1055/2022 as retrieved; scheme membership contracts may define one.

The material categories

Reason recorded: Category count not fixed in the retrieved text.

Reporting notes

Reason recorded: Portal layout not retrievable.

Labelling

Reason recorded: Art. 13 paragraphs were read but the marking obligations were not transcribed verbatim per requirement; verify before relying.

Filing languages

Reason recorded: Language rules for filings not stated in retrieved text; Spanish is an inference.