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EPR · NETHERLANDS · 2026

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ClearoSystems orders obligations, countries and risks into an assessment you can rely on — and keeps watching after that. The way in: the digital needs analysis.

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The starting point: not one law. Dozens — per country.

Packaging, electronics, batteries, textiles: almost every product carries registration and reporting duties — and every country’s are different.

Often the very first question is still open: are we liable at all? That question decides whether compliance becomes a risk or a routine.

Why it is so hard to see clearly

  1. 01Every country has its own rules.Even inside the EU: different registers, different thresholds, different deadlines.
  2. 02Your role decides.Manufacturer, importer, distributor, marketplace seller — each role carries different duties.
  3. 03Everything is moving.New regulations, changed thresholds, new areas of obligation — continuously.
  4. 04Nobody feels responsible.Between sales, legal and logistics the topic falls structurally through the cracks.

Which of these is you?

The four start from different problems and end in the same place: an assessment of what applies to you, per regime and per country, in the order to act.

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Typical starting situations

  • “We only ship a few hundred parcels a month.”

    Packaging duties do not hang on volume alone: export and foreign registrations apply from the first shipment. In the Netherlands the 50,000 kg threshold still applies in 2026; it is expected to lapse with the national producer register in 2027/2028.

    The analysis answers:

    • Am I liable at all, and from when?
    • Which register applies to me in the Netherlands and in my export markets?
    • In which order should I arrange those registrations?

  • “There is only a cable in the box, nothing else.”

    WEEE covers anything with a plug, cable or chip. The registration and reporting duty is ongoing and has no lower threshold.

    The analysis answers:

    • Does a bundled cable count as electronics?
    • Am I the producer if I import?
    • Do I need an authorised representative in Germany?

  • “The battery simply came with the device.”

    Built in or sold separately: both count. In the Netherlands the scheme runs through Stichting OPEN, together with electronics.

    The analysis answers:

    • Does the duty also cover built-in batteries?
    • Do I have to register separately for batteries?
    • What applies when I sell into Germany?

  • “We sell a handful of shirts a week.”

    UPV Textiel has no lower threshold — one sale is enough. It currently covers clothing and certain household textiles; footwear only follows with the announced extension. You register with Rijkswaterstaat and can then comply individually or through a producer organisation.

    In the knowledge base:
    • Do my shirts and jeans fall under it?
    • Where do I register, and with what data?
    • What do I have to report about my volumes?
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EPR TIMELINE

What applies when

  1. APPLIES NOWWEEE and batteries: ongoing registration and reporting duty, with no lower threshold.
  2. 01.07.2023UPV Textiel in force: no lower threshold, registration with Rijkswaterstaat.
  3. ONGOINGMarketplaces check registration numbers and block listings without one.
  4. 12.08.2026PPWR in force since 12.08.2026: the first obligations apply — conformity and your role in the packaging chain. The Dutch 50,000 kg threshold stays in force for 2026.

Sources: Dutch Textile EPR Decree (Stb. 2023, 132)PPWR, Regulation (EU) 2025/40

Real questions, straight answers

All questions
TEXTILES · NL→DEI sell clothing from my own webshop, also to Germany. What do I need to arrange?Read the answer MARKETPLACES · BOL.COMbol.com is asking for my registration number. What happens if I don’t have one?Read the answer ROLES · IMPORTI import private-label products from outside the EU. Am I legally the producer?Read the answer

THE ROUTE

From the first question to ongoing control.

One route, five steps. What applies stands at the beginning; what to do follows from it.

  1. 01Establish whether you are affected

    Guided questions about role, products, channels and target countries — the questions a webshop selling across borders actually faces. Five minutes and free.

  2. 02Map the obligations

    Per target country: which regimes and registrations apply, which register you end up at, and what data it needs from you. You see a preview of your profile straight away; the full report arrives by e-mail or as an export.

  3. 03Order the risks

    What is critical is called critical — what can wait, may wait. You see which duty is overdue and which one only starts next year.

  4. 04Guide the execution

    Registration, reporting and representation are handled today by our specialists together with you, including authorised representation in Germany where it is required. Your quote is drawn up by a person; the automated step from profile to quote and contract is in preparation.

  5. 05Keep steering

    New country, new channel, new product: the profile is updated rather than rebuilt. When a regulation changes, you see what it means for you.

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GROWTH & EXPORT

Growing towards Germany or the EU?

Obligations appear exactly when things go well: a new market, a new sales channel, a new product. Sort it out early and you keep growing without blocked listings or registrations you have to repair after the fact.

  1. NEW MARKETSelling to German customers means German registrations, such as LUCID for packaging.
  2. NEW CHANNELFrom bol.com to Amazon.de: marketplaces check registration numbers and block listings without one.
  3. NEW PRODUCTAdd one product with a battery or a plug, and two more regimes suddenly apply.

In the Netherlands the schemes run through Verpact (packaging) and Stichting OPEN (electronics and batteries). For textiles you register with Rijkswaterstaat and then either comply individually or join a producer organisation, such as Stichting UPV Textiel. Selling into Germany adds its own registrations, such as LUCID (VerpackDG), stiftung ear (ElektroG) and the BattDG register. For textiles, Germany has no register yet.

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WHY US

Built for webshops that sell across borders.

Most providers serve manufacturers across the board, or one regime for everyone. Our analysis is built for e-commerce and digital export businesses: your own webshop, a marketplace and selling into another country are the starting point, not the exception. That is why it can work through your own combination of role, product, sales channel and target country — 54 modelled starting situations across the three regimes the analysis asks about (packaging, WEEE and batteries) and twenty-eight countries — instead of pushing you into one general answer. From there, one route continues: report, quote, contract, execution by specialists, and guidance when your situation changes. Behind it: a specialist team that also acts as authorised representative in Germany.

See how the route works

Not sure? That’s the point.

If you knew exactly which regimes apply to you, you wouldn’t be here. Five minutes gets you a reliable first answer.

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