With regard to the exponentially growing regulations, it is increasingly difficult to keep pace with timelines of the introduction of new regulations. With this blog section, we now start with a series of regular brief overviews of what we think are some of the most relevant introduction dates regarding WEEE, batteries and packaging EPR. We will update this timeline overview regularly.

Our first glance highlights on upcoming packaging regulations are the following:

1^st July 2023:         Sweden
Packaging scheme FTI becomes Näringslivets Producentansvar.

The current participation in FTI will end and will be transferred to the new organization Näringslivets Producentansvar. Companies that are already registered don’t need to do anything. The transfer will be managed automatically in the background by the two organisations.

Source: https://www.npa.se/?link_id=d4816b8b-f74e-413d-993e-7aea7f600c55

1^st July 2023:          UK

Start of reporting under the new packaging EPR principles in the UK for large organisations.

For organisations that fall under the criteria of large organisations, accounts need to be opened with the authority on the 1^st July 2023. An organization is considered as being large when it has an annual turnover of £2 million or more and it is responsible for supplying or importing more than 50 tonnes of empty packaging or packaged goods in the UK per year.

The reporting data must be submitted by the 1^st October 2023.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/packaging-data-how-to-create-your-file-for-extended-producer-responsibility/packaging-data-file-specification-for-extended-producer-responsibility

1^st January 2024:    UK
Start of reporting under the new packaging EPR principles in the UK for small organisations.

For organisations that fall under the criteria of small organisations, accounts need to be opened with the authority on the 1^st January 2024. An organization is considered as being small if it either generates an annual turnover between £1 million and £2 million or it is is responsible for supplying or importing more than 25 tonnes of empty packaging or packaged goods in the UK per year. The reporting data must be submitted by the 1^st April 2024.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/packaging-data-how-to-create-your-file-for-extended-producer-responsibility/packaging-data-file-specification-for-extended-producer-responsibility

1^st January 2024:    Finland:
Threshold for packaging no longer applicable.

The current Finish packaging regulations apply a threshold of 1 million € to the registration as a packaging producer or introducer. On the 1^st January 2024 this threshold level will fall. From then onwards, every producer or introducer has to be registered.

1^st January 2025:    Denmark 
Introduction of Packaging EPR

Producers and introducers of packaging into the Danish market will have to comply fully with the principles of extended producer responsibility. Even though the statutory order has not been published yet, it is to be expected that registrations, participation(s) in (a) scheme(s), the reporting of sales volume data and the payment of financial contributions will be required. A threshold of 8 tons is in discussion. Below this level a simplified compliance is to be expected. The legislation will be reviewed in 2027.



Source: https://producentansvar.dk/en/products-and-responsibility/packaging/