Opening a new destination country is a shipping decision with compliance attached. Check these before the first parcel.
By Razvan Toma · Founder · Last checked 22 October 2026 · Sources below
Registration and scheme membership in that country, with its number for your marketplaces. Ask early: some registrations take weeks, and marketplaces can deactivate listings without a valid number.
Electricals, batteries and, in France, textiles, furniture, toys and other product types have their own EPR registrations, separate from packaging.
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If you sell directly to end users there and are not established there, you need an authorised representative in that country. A representative in another country does not cover it.
Safety information in that country's language under the GPSR, and that country's packaging marks where it has them, such as Triman in France or the environmental label in Italy.
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If your company is outside the EU, your products need an EU responsible person under the GPSR. One covers every EU country, so a new market does not need a new one.
With your stores connected, the new country appears in your dashboard from its first order, in the kilograms its declaration will ask for.
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Connect your store and see, per EU country, what you shipped and the kilograms each declaration asks for. Free.