No revenue threshold
No revenue threshold. If you ship packaged products into a few EU countries, this is built for you — even while sales are still small.
Packaging EPR · EU-27 · PPWR
Selling into Europe? We handle your packaging EPR.
Give us your packaging and destination countries once. We handle the country-by-country registrations, the authorised representative, PRO membership and ongoing reporting. No revenue threshold — this is built for exactly the case of shipping small volumes into many EU countries.
Browse the per-country prices → send your packaging details → we handle the rest.
Our service fee starts from €150 a year — a fixed fee, with the PRO's or representative's actual cost always itemised on your invoice separately, at cost.
The problem
One product, 27 rulebooks
Under EU packaging rules, whoever first places packaging on a national market is the "producer" — and must register with that country's authority, join a producer responsibility organisation (PRO), and report packaging by material and weight. The rules, fees, thresholds and representative requirements differ in every member state, and change every year.
For a small cross-border seller, the administrative burden is wildly disproportionate to the actual packaging volume. Most sellers don't even know they're liable — until a marketplace or an authority asks for a registration number. And the more countries you sell into, the faster the work multiplies.
- Registrations with every national authority
- PRO membership — country by country, e.g. ARA, Fost Plus, Der Grüne Punkt
- Authorised representative (AR) in every EU country where you have no establishment of your own (who needs one, and the suspension status)
- Annual kg reporting by material category
- Deadlines that differ by country and shift every year
- Fees — authority, PRO, notary and representative costs, all separate
Pricing
Service fee + actual cost — no guessed price tiers
You always pay two itemised parts: our fixed service fee, which depends only on how much work the country actually takes — and whatever the country's authority, PRO or authorised representative genuinely charges, at cost. Below is a typical total for a new small seller; we confirm the exact figure in your free obligation check.
| Country | Service fee/year | Typical actual cost | Typical price/year | First year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| €150/year Lightest: one registration and an annual report | ||||
| Finland* | €150 | ~€39 | ~€189 | ~€189 |
| Netherlands | €150 | €0 | €150 | €150 |
| €190/year PRO contract and periodic reports | ||||
| Belgium | €190 | ~€150 | ~€340 | ~€400 |
| Bulgaria | €190 | ~€80 | ~€270 | ~€330 |
| Cyprus | €190 | ~€100 | ~€290 | ~€350 |
| Estonia | €190 | ~€100 | ~€290 | ~€350 |
| Ireland | €190 | ~€484 | ~€674 | ~€734 |
| Luxembourg | €190 | ~€50 | ~€240 | ~€300 |
| Poland | €190 | ~€170 | ~€360 | ~€420 |
| Slovakia | €190 | ~€100 | ~€290 | ~€350 |
| €230/year Plus an authorised representative or a separate register | ||||
| Czechia | €230 | ~€259 | ~€489 | ~€609 |
| France | €230 | ~€190 | ~€420 | ~€540 |
| Germany | €230 | ~€50 | ~€280 | ~€400 |
| Italy | €230 | ~€350 | ~€580 | ~€700 |
| Slovenia | €230 | ~€350 | ~€580 | ~€700 |
| Spain | €230 | ~€350 | ~€580 | ~€700 |
| Sweden | €230 | ~€468 | ~€698 | ~€818 |
| Priced case by case Statutory fees, audits or representative costs vary too much to fix a price, so we quote these countries individually | ||||
| Austria | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Croatia | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Denmark | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Greece | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Hungary | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Latvia | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Lithuania | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Malta | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Portugal | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
| Romania | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation | on quotation |
More countries, lower price:
5 or more countries −10% · 10 or more countries −15%
off the service fee — not off the actual cost, since we can't
negotiate the PRO's or the representative's price down on your behalf.
The actual cost is a typical estimate for a small seller, not a fixed price. Prices exclude VAT. The price is confirmed after a free obligation check — before you pay anything.
* Finland on this list means foreign sellers bringing packaging into the Finnish market — not Finnish companies selling domestically.
What's included
One invoice, no surprises
Our service fee is fixed. The PRO's and representative's actual cost varies by country and your packaging volumes — it appears on the invoice as its own, itemised line, at cost.
Included in the service fee
- Free obligation check for every EU country before you pay anything
- Your packaging details are recorded once and reused in every country
- Handling all registrations and mandates
- Sourcing and managing the representative in every EU country where you have no establishment of your own
- Setting up and maintaining your PRO membership
- All periodic reports and deadline tracking
- One invoice, with the service fee and the actual cost itemised
Actual cost (itemised separately, at cost)
- The PRO's weight-based and fixed fees — invoiced according to the official tariff and estimated before you start. Plastic-heavy packaging costs more than cardboard.
- The representative's own fee, where the country requires one
- Authority and audit costs in countries priced on quotation
- Electronics, batteries and textiles — these are separate producer responsibility schemes. We check in the free obligation check whether they apply to you and price them as an add-on per country.
- VAT
Estimate
Pick your destination countries to see a typical price
Pre-filled as an example: a Finnish online shop selling to consumers in five countries. Swap in your own countries and the figures update. Five or more countries get −10% and ten or more −15% off the service fee. The actual cost doesn't discount, since it isn't ours to price.
| Country | Service fee (−10%) | Actual cost | 1st year | Following years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | €207 | €468 | €783 | €675 |
| Germany | €207 | €50 | €365 | €257 |
| France | €207 | €190 | €505 | €397 |
| Estonia | €171 | €100 | €325 | €271 |
| Netherlands | €135 | €0 | €135 | €135 |
| Total, 5 countries | €927 | €808 | €2,113 | €1,735 |
The service fee covers registrations, sourcing the representative, setting up PRO membership and reporting. The actual cost is a typical estimate for a small seller. We confirm the exact figure in your free obligation check. Prices exclude VAT.
First year
The setup portion of the service fee covers registrations, mandates and joining the PROs. That's why the first year costs more — exactly as much as the setup work actually takes.
Annual review
PRO tariffs change in January. We review prices every year and notify you of changes in advance.
Reconciliation
Declared and actual packaging volumes are reconciled every year. If your volumes grow, the price follows — and vice versa.
No multi-year lock-in
One year at a time, one country at a time. You can add countries whenever you like with no separate add-on fee.
Who it's for
Built for small exporters
The best fit is a straightforward packaged product sold in small volumes into several EU countries.
Many countries, small volumes
The clearest sign you need us: you sell into several countries, but packaging volumes are small in each. That's exactly when the admin work is disproportionate to do yourself.
Simple packaging
Works best with straightforward packaging — a box, filler, tape and a label. Describe your packaging once; we reuse the same record in every country.
No in-house compliance team
You don't need to hire a specialist or learn the rules of 27 countries. We're the team you don't need to hire in-house.
Quote request
Request a quote
Tell us briefly about your company and destination countries and we'll come back to you with a personal quote. No commitment, no charge.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Do I really need to deal with this as a small seller?
If you bring packaged products into another EU country's market, that country's packaging EPR rules usually apply to you regardless of size. This applies to direct sales to consumers or other end users, and to importing yourself — if you sell to a local wholesaler or importer who places the packaging on the market under their own name, the producer there is usually them, not you. Enforcement and marketplace checks keep increasing. We'll tell you honestly where you are and aren't liable — we won't sell you something you don't need.
Why do countries cost different amounts?
National systems differ a lot. Under PPWR Article 45, an authorised representative is a legal requirement in every country where you have no establishment of your own — including, for example, the Netherlands and Estonia, even if your packaging volumes fall below that country's own registration or reporting threshold. Sweden's PRO charges a high fixed annual fee, Spain also makes the representative mandatory under national law, and Ireland's Repak scope has to be checked case by case. The price tier reflects what a country actually costs to handle.
What does it cost?
A fixed service fee starting from €150 a year, scaling with how much work the country takes — see the table above. On top of that, the PRO's or representative's actual cost, which varies from €0 to a few hundred euros depending on the country and your packaging volumes; it's itemised on the invoice separately, at cost. The first year costs more, since the service fee's setup portion covers registrations and joining the PROs. We confirm exact figures in the free obligation check before you commit to anything.
What about my domestic Finnish packaging reporting?
Finland's own producer responsibility scheme (for example via Rinki) covers only packaging placed on the Finnish market, not exports. We handle the cross-border side — the part your domestic PRO doesn't cover.
What happens to my data?
We only use your data to assess your packaging EPR obligations, prepare your quote and complete registrations. We never give a binding price from a form alone — we verify country-specific fees against a live source before showing them to you. The data controller is Pakkausvastuu (Kanto Systems Oy).