Small volumes rarely take you out of packaging EPR, but they do keep the work and the bill small if you set it up once and reuse it in every country.
By Razvan Toma · Founder · Last checked 29 October 2026 · Sources below
There is no EU-wide threshold below which packaging EPR stops applying. Germany has no de minimis at all, Spain registers any quantity and lets small producers file a simplified declaration, Italy sets how often you declare by volume. Plan on being in scope in every country you ship to, and on the paperwork being lighter at low volumes.
Related: Is there a minimum quantity?
List the delivery countries from your orders, marketplaces and your own shop together, and rank them by parcels. Start where you sell most and where your marketplaces ask for a registration number, then add the rest. Each country is separate: a number in one does not cover another.
Related: Does one registration cover the EU?
Every country has two separate costs. The service fee, for the representative or the filing, is fixed per year. Our published prices: Germany €149, France from €190 per stream, Spain from €199; other countries are not offered for now. The scheme fees depend on the kilograms of packaging you place on the market and are passed on at cost. For a small seller the service fee is usually the larger of the two.
Related: Prices
A marketplace that collects your number, or pays fees for you on its own platform, does not register you and does not cover your own shop or B2B sales. Your own registrations cover every channel.
Material and weight per product, shipping box included, are the same in every country. Enter them once and let each country's figures come from the same record and your orders.
Related: Same packaging data in several countries · From orders to declarations
Look for a written mandate in each country that requires one, published yearly prices, scheme fees passed on without markup, and one place to enter your data for every country.
Related: Choosing an EPR provider
Connect your store and see, per EU country, what you shipped and the kilograms each declaration asks for, with EPR EU Connect.