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Austrian EPR for e-commerce

Ship into Austria,
with every stream
documented end to end.

Use public guidance to separate the representative appointment, packaging licensing, electrical equipment and batteries. If you ask for help, the EPR Europe team reviews the facts before any proposal.

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No account or online payment · indicative result · human response when you request contact

Team reviewing a company’s EPR scope for the Austrian market

Built for non-resident businesses placing packaged products on the Austrian market.

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§ 16b

A distance seller without an Austrian seat must appoint one authorised representative and cannot license itself.

92 / 8

Shipping cartons split into household and commercial packaging by binding ordinance shares, not by your sales channel.

15 March

One annual reporting date for the whole file, with records kept for at least seven years.

3 streams

Packaging, WEEE and batteries keep separate classifications, evidence and recurring duties.

Sources reviewed 18 August 2026: Austrian waste and packaging legislation · ministry and coordination-body guidance · published 2026 system tariff sheets · applicable EU regulations. Live sources are rechecked before an operational commitment.

Connected services

A number is not the whole process.

Each service separates public guidance, working assumptions and decisions controlled by the ministry, the coordination body, a collection and recovery system or another third party.

Service — packaging EPR

Packaging EPR in Austria

Map the obligated entity, prepare the Austrian representative appointment, choose a collection and recovery system and maintain packaging evidence for sales into Austria.

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Service — representation

Authorised representative in Austria

What the Austrian authorised representative for foreign distance sellers is, what the appointment requires, and how the quarter-end rule affects timing.

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Service — system participation

Collection and recovery system participation

Six approved systems publish different tariffs. Compare them on your own material mix, contract on time and obtain the participant number.

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Service — allocation

Packaging allocation review

Austria fixes the household and commercial split by ordinance across 47 product groups. A review applies it correctly to your packaging.

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Service — reporting

Annual quantity reporting

One annual date for the whole file, a reporting class set by the expected licence fee, and a seven-year retention duty.

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Austrian route check

Establishment, channel and customer change the answer.

The scope check separates marketplace, own-shop, business end-user and Austrian reseller routes before drawing a conclusion.

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Third-party marketplace

The storefront does not decide the duty; the delivery country does. Marketplace operators must exclude sellers they cannot verify.

Two controls

Own webshop · direct

The same appointment duty applies with no platform prompt, and the participation contract is due within two months of first placing household packaging on the market.

Representative review

Third country · direct

The duty is written around the absence of an Austrian establishment rather than the seller’s country of origin. Confirm the position for the entity.

Human review

Austrian reseller/importer

Distinguish this route from a direct sale to an end user. The Austrian buyer normally carries the duty when it imports for resale, subject to the contracts and flow.

Contract check

Mixed channels

Each sales route is mapped separately before an application, mandate or filing decision.

Manual review
How it works

Four steps, without creating an account or compliance file.

  1. 01

    Explore

    Read the guides, services, FAQs and primary sources without registering.

  2. 02

    Describe

    Answer a short set of questions about the entity, products, channels and EPR streams.

  3. 03

    Review

    See an indicative route and the facts that still need human confirmation.

  4. 04

    Request help

    The EPR Europe team replies by email; any proposal or service is agreed separately.

Costs separated by nature

Private fees on one side. Licence tariffs and third-party costs on the other.

Indicative references: Standard €474/year plus €150 setup, and eligible Marketplace Starter from €399 in year one. These are not an offer and exclude licence tariffs, taxes, notary fees and other third-party costs.

See pricing and limits Estimate the licence tariff

What is never left implicit

  • The chosen collection and recovery system sets and invoices the licence tariff.
  • The packaging allocation review is available but quoted manually.
  • WEEE and battery work is information and manual quote only.
  • No register, system or marketplace outcome or timing is guaranteed.
Solutions by profile

The same market, different questions.

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Marketplace orders being mapped to Austrian packaging duties and evidence

For marketplace sellers

Marketplace sellers

Shipping to Austrian addresses from a marketplace? Map the entity, streams and evidence before relying on an account field.

I sell on marketplaces →
A direct-to-consumer packaging specification being prepared for the Austrian market

For DTC and Shopify brands

DTC and Shopify brands

Shipping direct to Austrian consumers? The appointment and the system contract are both required, and both have deadlines.

I run a DTC brand →
An electrical product separated into packaging, equipment and battery compliance streams

For electronics and battery sellers

Electronics and battery sellers

Selling electronics or anything with a battery into Austria? Expect three files, not one.

I sell electronics →
A portfolio of client packaging files organised for the Austrian market

For agencies and 3PL partners

Agencies and 3PL partners

Managing several sellers who ship into Austria? Use one method, one calendar and one evidence standard.

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Institutional context

Official evidence comes from the body that issues it.

Membership, registers, declarations and marketplace decisions are separate. Always match the document to the entity, product stream and sales route.

National ministry

BMLUK

Publishes the Austrian waste and packaging framework and marks authorised representatives in the national register.

National register

EDM

The electronic data management register operated by the environment agency, which records obligated parties and issues the register identifier.

Coordination body

VKS

Coordinates the collection and recovery systems, assigns the participant number and checks system participants on their quantity reports.

PPWR framework

European Union

Regulation (EU) 2025/40 has applied since 12 August 2026. Implementing measures and national procedures continue to develop.

epraustria.com is an independent private service and is not a Sammel- und Verwertungssystem. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by BMLUK, the Umweltbundesamt, VKS, ARA, Reclay Systems, Interzero, ERP Austria, Austria Glas Recycling, Bonus Holsystem or Amazon. Each organisation controls its own decisions and evidence.

Austrian EPR guides

Start with the right source.

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18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Who needs an Austrian authorised representative?

Distance sales to consumers, business-to-business supply and mixed channels do not lead to the same Austrian conclusion.

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18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Electrical equipment and batteries in Austria are separate files

Different register, different coordination body, different representative duty and no shared identifier.

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18 Aug 2026 · 7 min read

Choosing an Austrian collection and recovery system

Six approved systems, a two-month contract deadline and an annual switching window.

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Start with an Austrian EPR scope review.

Any paid work is confirmed in writing before engagement.

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