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  "title": "Do I owe EPR fees Spain | Instica",
  "h1": "Do I owe EPR fees Spain",
  "description": "Under the rules we hold, Spain has a packaging EPR obligation, and the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
  "answer": "Under the rules we hold, Spain 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.",
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      "statement": "Spain: a packaging EPR obligation applies.",
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información",
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      "statement": "Spain: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
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      "statement": "Spain: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
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      "statement": "Spain: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.",
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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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      "statement": "Spain: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies.",
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      "statement": "Spain: 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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      "statement": "Spain: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.",
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        "quote": "menos de 15 toneladas de envases al año",
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      "statement": "Spain: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Producers below 15 tonnes per year submit simplified annual information.",
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      "statement": "Spain: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging placed on the market.",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "un certificado de pertenencia a un sistema individual o colectivo de responsabilidad ampliada del productor",
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      "statement": "Spain: for case 1 (Packaging of 20 tonnes per calendar year: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated.",
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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",
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      "leafPath": "calc.owe[ES:vol-above:reduced-reporting-under-15t]",
      "statement": "Spain: for case 2 (Packaging of 30 tonnes per year: above the limit) the engine's result is obligated.",
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "statement": "Spain: for case 3 (Above every limit) the engine's result is obligated.",
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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      "statement": "Spain: registration is made with Packaging section of the Register of Product Producers (Registro de Productores de Productos).",
      "value": "Packaging section of the Register of Product Producers (Registro de Productores de Productos)",
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se inscribirán en la sección de envases del Registro de Productores de Productos",
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        "retrievedAt": "2026-09-29",
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      "statement": "Spain: registration is made by this party: Product producers, or authorised representatives under Art. 17(2).",
      "value": "Product producers, or authorised representatives under Art. 17(2)",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se inscribirán en la sección de envases del Registro de Productores de Productos",
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      "statement": "Spain: the registration identifier is called: registration number (to appear on invoices).",
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "se inscribirán en la sección de envases del Registro de Productores de Productos",
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      "id": "organisation-model",
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      "statement": "Spain: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation.",
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      "pending": false,
      "source": {
        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
        "quote": "deberán designar a una persona física o jurídica en territorio español como representante autorizado",
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      "statement": "Spain: the organisations on record are Ecoembes and Ecovidrio.",
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      "pending": false,
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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        "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "statement": "Spain: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.",
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        "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj",
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    {
      "id": "answer",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "answer",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"answer\"></a>\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Spain 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 Spain. If you have not said, the checker asks first.\n2. Do you sell into Spain? 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 Spain?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"producer\"></a>\n\n## Who is the producer in Spain?\n\nThe first question is whose duty it is. Spain 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 Spain**\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- [Spain: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-primary)\n- [Spain: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-secondary)\n- [Spain: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-service)\n- [Spain: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.](#level-shipping)\n- [Spain: 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 Spain?",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"revenue\"></a>\n\n## Does revenue matter in Spain?\n\n> **Not yet published**: how revenue is counted: not yet published. Reason: Spanish law sets obligations by packaging weight and units, not by turnover; no revenue basis was found in the retrieved text.\n\n> **Not yet published**: how affiliated companies are counted: not yet published. Reason: No affiliate or group aggregation rule was found in RD 1055/2022 as retrieved; scheme membership contracts may define one."
    },
    {
      "id": "thresholds",
      "heading": "Size limits in Spain",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"thresholds\"></a>\n\n## Size limits in Spain\n\nSome rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for Spain, 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[Spain: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting) [Spain: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-effect) [Spain: 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) [Spain: 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-reduced_reporting_under_15t-heading\"></a>The packaging weight limit: 15 tonnes per year\n\n[Spain: the packaging weight limit is 15 tonnes per year.](#threshold-reduced_reporting_under_15t) [Spain: at the packaging weight limit of 15 tonnes per year, a reduced duty applies.](#threshold-reduced_reporting_under_15t-effect) [Spain: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Producers below 15 tonnes per year submit simplified annual information.](#threshold-reduced_reporting_under_15t-logic) [Spain: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging placed on the market.](#threshold-reduced_reporting_under_15t-basis)\n\n> menos de 15 toneladas de envases al año\n>\n> Source: boe.es: act (https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: es\n\nParaphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 15 tonnes per year."
    },
    {
      "id": "exemptions",
      "heading": "Exemptions in Spain",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"exemptions\"></a>\n\n## Exemptions in Spain\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> **Not yet published**: an exemption: not yet published. Reason: Exact wording of the Art. 15(1) second paragraph was not re-checked verbatim against the BOE text."
    },
    {
      "id": "scope",
      "heading": "What the rules cover in Spain",
      "kind": "body",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"scope\"></a>\n\n## What the rules cover in Spain\n\nA duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Spain.\n\n[Spain: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed)"
    },
    {
      "id": "cases",
      "heading": "Every case, worked through",
      "kind": "body",
      "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 Spain. 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 September 29, 2026; they are not rules.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_above_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-heading\"></a>Packaging of 20 tonnes per calendar year: above the limit\n\nYour own brand is on the goods and you supply 20 tonnes per calendar year of packaging, twice the limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year. The rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and the engine returns obligated. [Result: obligated.](#case-vol_above_ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting) Next: register, report and pay as the sections below describe, and prepare your figures in a workspace.\n\n#### <a id=\"case-vol_above_reduced_reporting_under_15t-heading\"></a>Packaging of 30 tonnes per year: above the limit\n\nYour own brand is on the goods and you supply 30 tonnes per year of packaging, twice the limit of 15 tonnes per year. The rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and the engine returns obligated. [Result: obligated.](#case-vol_above_reduced_reporting_under_15t) 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 rules we hold set no size limit that applies here, so your own brand on packaged goods is enough and 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."
    },
    {
      "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 Spain. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.\n\n[Spain: registration is made with Packaging section of the Register of Product Producers (Registro de Productores de Productos).](#registration-registry) [Spain: registration is made by this party: Product producers, or authorised representatives under Art. 17(2).](#registration-who) [Spain: the registration identifier is called: registration number (to appear on invoices).](#registration-identifier)\n\n[Spain: producers meet the duty through more than one producer responsibility organisation.](#organisation-model) [Spain: the organisations on record are Ecoembes and Ecovidrio.](#organisation-names) [Spain: membership of an organisation is required.](#organisation-membership) [Spain: an authorised representative is required.](#organisation-ar)\n\n#### Deadlines on record\n\n- [Spain: 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 Spain?\n\nUnder the rules we hold, Spain 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 Spain?\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 Spain?\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 Spain?\n\nMembership of an organisation is required. The organisations on record: Ecoembes and Ecovidrio.\n\n### <a id=\"faq-register\"></a>Will Instica register or file for me in Spain?\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": "paa",
      "heading": null,
      "kind": "paa",
      "markdown": "<a id=\"paa\"></a>\n\n### <a id=\"paa-1\"></a>Who has to pay EPR fees?\n\n[Spain: a packaging EPR obligation applies.](#obligated) [Spain: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-primary)\n\n### <a id=\"paa-2\"></a>Who is responsible for EPR fees?\n\n[Spain: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-secondary) [Spain: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-service)\n\n### <a id=\"paa-3\"></a>What is an EPR fee?\n\n[Spain: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.](#level-shipping) [Spain: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-tertiary)\n\n### <a id=\"paa-4\"></a>Which states have EPR fees?\n\n[Spain: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed) [Spain: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application_date)"
    },
    {
      "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://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "status": "verified",
      "quote": "se obliga a todos los envasadores a inscribirse y a remitir anualmente información",
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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",
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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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      "quote": "menos de 15 toneladas de envases al año",
      "quoteLang": "es"
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      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "quote": "un certificado de pertenencia a un sistema individual o colectivo de responsabilidad ampliada del productor",
      "quoteLang": "es"
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      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "url": "https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2022-22690",
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      "quote": "deberán designar a una persona física o jurídica en territorio español como representante autorizado",
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          "anchor": "EPR Europe",
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          "anchor": "Spain EPR fee schedule 2026",
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          "anchor": "Spain EPR fee calculator",
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          "anchor": "Spain extended producer responsibility",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/spain/deadlines"
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          "anchor": "EPR fees for cartons Spain",
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          "anchor": "Pouches packaging EPR Spain",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/pouch/spain"
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          "anchor": "Spain plastic fee rate",
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          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/uk/do-i-owe"
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          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees Alberta",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/alberta/do-i-owe"
        },
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          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees Austria",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/austria/do-i-owe"
        },
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          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees Belgium",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/belgium/do-i-owe"
        },
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          "anchor": "British Columbia EPR do I have to register",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/british-columbia/do-i-owe"
        },
        {
          "anchor": "Do I owe EPR fees California",
          "url": "https://instica.com/epr/california/do-i-owe"
        }
      ]
    }
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