Checked: 7 November 2026 — the date every statement on this page was checked against the sources below.
Your clients sell into Germany. We are the representative established there. A Dutch packaging registration does not cover Germany, and a Dutch company with no establishment in Germany must appoint a German representative. Dutch firms, including those running EU warehouses, refer the German leg and keep the rest. Sources (2)
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWRegulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPWR)
VerpackDG § 5VerpackDG § 5
Why your clients need a German representative
A Dutch packaging registration does not cover Germany, and a Dutch company with no establishment in Germany must appoint a German representative. Dutch firms, including those running EU warehouses, refer the German leg and keep the rest.
Why a firm outside Germany cannot hold the role itself: since 12 August 2026 a producer with no establishment in Germany must appoint an authorised representative established in Germany, by written mandate (Article 45(3) PPWR, § 5(2) VerpackDG). Distributors, fulfilment service providers and online platforms may not handle packaging from producers that are not properly registered in LUCID (§ 13 VerpackDG).
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 (PPW VerpackDG § 5 VerpackDG § 13
Three countries
| Country | Our representative | What the client does |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | EPRGermanyRep GbR, Köln | Signs the mandate by hand or with a qualified e-signature, registers in LUCID and names us there |
| France | EPRFranceRep SAS, Paris | Picks the streams and signs the mandate online |
| Spain | EPRSpainRep | Signs the mandate and provides the company documents; a Spanish tax number comes first, so start Spain early |
We do not offer other countries for now.
Published prices, no setup fee: Germany €149 a year for packaging, €500 a year each for electricals and batteries; France from €190 a year per stream; Spain €199 a year. Licence and scheme fees are passed on at cost. See pricing.
Partner terms
| Term | What it means |
|---|---|
| Your fee | 20% of what your client contracts with us, and 20% again of every yearly renewal, for as long as the client stays. No cap. |
| Data service | 20% of every month a client stays on EPR EU Connect, our €89-a-month packaging data service. |
| Excluded | Dual-system licence fees and scheme fees: we pass them on at cost, so there is nothing to share. |
| When paid | Once your client has paid us. |
| Client price | The same published price as anyone else. Your fee comes out of ours. |
| Who keeps the client | You. Each client signs its own mandate with our representative, because the law requires a named representative; everything outside EPR stays with you. |
| Your tools | A page at epreurep.com/yourfirm with your name and logo, a partner code, and a dashboard with leads, paid clients, their yearly fees and your fee. |
| Client data | You see a client's own account only after the client approves your access, and it can withdraw it at any time. |
How to start
- Apply. Tell us about your firm and your clients; we reply in writing with the partner terms.
- Get your page. epreurep.com/yourfirm, with your name and logo. Clients buy from it directly and every order is tracked to you.
- Introduce clients. Send the link or give your partner code. No integration.
- Follow it. Leads, paid clients and your fee in your dashboard. We do the registrations and the filing.
Razvan Toma is the founder of EPR Germany Rep and of EPR France Rep, the French sister service. He has worked in waste management and recycling since 2009, running waste-separation programmes inside large B2B organisations in France for clients including Chanel, Microsoft, Decathlon, Pirelli, IKEA, Vinci, Capgemini and E.Leclerc. He reads the statutes and the regulator's own guidance directly, and publishes what they say — including when it means telling a visitor they do not need to buy anything.
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