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Indicative 2026 pricing

Compare our service fees. Keep licence tariffs and external costs separate.

These are non-binding service references for scoping. A human review confirms the entity, channels, packaging, history and mandate before a written proposal. This website does not create a contract or take payment.

Restricted eligibility at-offer-2026-08-18-v1

Amazon Starter

For one eligible company shipping packaged products to Austrian delivery addresses, packaging only.

€399 first year

€299 annual renewal reference · setup included

  • One legal entity and packaging only
  • Household packaging expected at or below 1,500 kg per year
  • No more than 500 kg of packaging per year
  • No earlier periods or historical regularisation
  • Eligibility and final scope confirmed in writing

This is an epraustria.com service fee, not an Amazon fee. Current Pay on Behalf availability, category pricing and activation timing must be checked inside the relevant Seller Central account.

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Standard

For own-webshop, business-customer, marketplace or mixed routes that need a wider Austrian and PPWR review.

€474 / year

€150 initial setup reference

  • Selling-entity and channel qualification
  • Representative appointment and register data support
  • Ordinary or eligible simplified-procedure review
  • Annual reporting cycle and evidence coordination
  • PPWR representation scope kept distinct from tax and PRO roles

The exact mandate, filing work and exclusions are confirmed in the written proposal. An authorised representative under the packaging rules creates no Austrian tax position and is not a collection and recovery system.

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Active add-on

Packaging allocation review

Manual quote

Pack count, components, variants, languages and available evidence determine the one-off scope. No audit fee is added automatically.

Manual quote only

WEEE review

Electrical-equipment classification, entity and register route are reviewed before any fee is proposed. No rate from another country or from the packaging stream is used as a proxy.

Manual quote only

Battery review

Battery scope and the Austrian registration route are reviewed individually. It is not presented as a packaged fixed-price service.

Paid outside our service fee

The licence tariff is the system’s, not ours.

Austrian packaging licensing runs through an approved collection and recovery system, which sets and invoices the tariff. Notary or authority fees for the authenticated power of attorney are also third-party costs. All of these are separate from our fees and from VAT.

No de-minimis threshold

Austria has no volume below which the obligation disappears; the earlier small-quantity regime expired on 31 December 2022. At or below 1,500 kg of household packaging a system may offer a flat €150 per year, and one reviewed system applies a €90 annual minimum to per-kilogram billing. All three bases are compared rather than assumed.

Household packaging · euros per kilogram, 2026, VAT excluded

Tariff category Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) Reclay Systems
Paper and cardboard €0.208 €0.190
Glass €0.108 €0.101
Ferrous metal €0.450 €0.709
Aluminium €0.480 €0.712
Plastic €1.040 €0.930
Beverage cartons €1.020 €0.930
Other composites €1.140 €1.040
Ceramics €0.140 €0.400
Wood €0.020 €0.040
Textile fibres €0.200 €0.500
Biogenic materials €0.550 €0.650

Six systems are approved for packaging. Only the systems whose 2026 cards are published in a comparable form are shown here, and each system decides its own admission and tariffs.

Commercial packaging 2026

Commercial tariffs barely move between systems.

That is why a system comparison only has to reason about the household side of the allocation. Rates below are in euros per kilogram, VAT excluded.

Tariff category Altstoff Recycling Austria (ARA) Reclay Systems
Paper and cardboard €0.070 €0.069
Ferrous metal €0.070 €0.069
Aluminium €0.090 €0.089
Films €0.180 €0.179
Moulded containers €0.100 €0.099
Expanded polystyrene €0.350 €0.349
Other composites €0.100 €0.100
Ceramics €0.100 €0.100
Wood €0.020 €0.019
Textile fibres €0.100 €0.099
Biogenic materials €0.100 €0.100
Declaration logic

The reporting class follows the fee, not the tonnage.

Reporting frequency is set by the expected annual licence fee across all tariff categories. The annual data set is due by 15 March for the preceding calendar year whichever class applies.

Annual reporting

Expected annual licence fee up to €1,500. Most foreign distance sellers land here.

Quarterly reporting

Expected annual licence fee above €1,500 and up to €20,000.

Monthly reporting

Expected annual licence fee above €20,000.

One fixed annual date

The annual data set is due by 15 March for the preceding calendar year.

Contract deadline

A participation contract is due within two months of first placing household packaging on the market.

Record retention

Evidence, including declarations received from suppliers, is kept for at least seven years.

Always shown separately

A proposal must identify who charges each line.

Private service fees

Starter, Standard, setup and any agreed allocation-review scope are epraustria.com service lines.

System amounts

Licence tariffs are set and invoiced by the chosen collection and recovery system under the client’s own participation.

VAT

VAT treatment is confirmed on the written proposal and invoice; displayed references are VAT-exclusive.

Exceptional work

Historical regularisation, translations, extra variants and work outside scope require separate approval.

Pricing questions

What is included in the service price?

Only the private work and limits set out in the written proposal. Licence tariffs, VAT and external costs stay separate.

Does Standard guarantee registration or a marketplace result?

No. The ministry, each system and each marketplace make their own decisions. We can prepare and coordinate evidence for the agreed scope.

Does Amazon Starter include previous years?

No. Prior periods or historical regularisation make the restricted Starter route ineligible and require a separate review.

Can I pick the cheapest system on price alone?

The comparison is on your own material mix after the binding allocation, and contracts run per calendar year with a notice period. The calculator does not conclude the choice for you.

Is the PPWR authorised representative a tax representative or PRO?

No. Those roles must remain distinct. Any mandate and powers are defined only in a separate written engagement.

Sources and version. Published 2026 system tariff sheets and the Austrian packaging rules; product rate-card version at-packaging-2026-v1, reviewed 2026-08-18. Tariffs and procedures must be rechecked against the current official scope before filing.

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