From 2025 BDO fees will increase. How much will the annual fee and registration fee be?
The draft regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment shows that there will be a significant increase in the annual and BDO registration fee as early as 2025. For micro-entrepreneurs, it will be an increase from PLN 100 to PLN 200, and for other entities - from PLN 300 to as much as PLN 800.
Increase in BDO registration and annual fees
On 24 October 2024, a draft regulation of the Ministry of Climate was published on the website of the Government Legislation Centre, which provides for an increase in the registration fee and annual fee rates applicable from 2018.
From 2025 they will amount to:
- PLN 200 for micro-entrepreneurs,
- PLN 800 for other entrepreneurs.
This means an increase of 100% and 166%, respectively. The increase will apply to all entities that have a statutory obligation to register with BDO.
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In accordance with the provisions of the Waste Act, BDO fee rates have been set at PLN 50 to PLN 2,000. Their amount should not be an obstacle to obtaining an entry in the register or conducting business activity , especially for micro-entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized enterprises.
The draft prepared by the Ministry of Climate and Environment was then submitted for review by, among others, employers' organisations and the Joint Government and Local Government Commission. Due to the need to ensure that the draft regulations enter into force on 1 January 2025, the deadline for reviewing the draft regulation was only 5 days.
In 10 years, medium and large enterprises will pay PLN 194.6 million, micro and small enterprises - PLN 70.9 million.
According to calculations by the Ministry of Climate, thanks to the increase in BDO fees , the total revenues from the registration and annual fees in 2025-2034 will amount to:
- for the state budget PLN 243.5 million,
- for the voivodeship budget (voivodeship marshals) PLN 134.8 million.
In the forecasted 10-year period, medium and large enterprises will have to incur additional costs in the amount of PLN 194.662 million, and micro and small enterprises in the amount of PLN 70.942 million.
Why will BDO fees increase?
The reasons for the increase in the registration and annual fees in BDO were explained in the justification for the draft regulation. As indicated by the Ministry of Climate, the fee rates have not been updated for over 6 years . During this period , the cumulative inflation amounted to 43.9% , which meant that the real revenues from the registration and annual fees actually decreased. Moreover, since 2018, there has been a significant increase in the costs associated with maintaining, running and developing BDO , which contributed to a decrease in the funds that can be allocated to the appropriate functioning of the Database on products and packaging and on waste management.
The proposed rates of the registration fee and annual BDO fee in the draft regulation take into account the aforementioned increase in costs both on the part of the province marshals and on the part of the state budget. Let us recall that the fees from entrepreneurs for entry and maintenance of the register are collected by the province marshal . They constitute 35.65% of the income of the province budget (province marshal), who is responsible for maintaining the register, and 64.35% of the income of the state budget and the Ministry of Climate and Environment, who are the BDO Administrator.
The legislative process can be followed on the website of the Government Legislation Centre .
Who is obliged to pay BDO fees?
The list of entities obliged to register with the BDO, and therefore to pay the annual and registration fees, is exhaustively specified in the Waste Act.
The following persons are required to pay the registration fee and the annual fee:
- equipment introducers and authorised representatives,
- introducing batteries or accumulators,
- introducing vehicles,
- manufacturers, importers and intra-Community purchasers of packaging,
- introducing products in packaging into the territory of the country,
- introducing tires into the territory of the country,
- introducing lubricating oils into the territory of the country.
Increased rates are not the only new thing at BDO
For some entrepreneurs, increased BDO rates are not the only concern. From 2025 the obligation to keep records of hazardous waste was introduced and at the same time the existing exemption used by entities generating small amounts of waste was abolished. These changes will primarily affect representatives of the beauty industry, including hairdressers, barbers, make-up artists, nail, eyelash and eyebrow stylists. More information at the link.
From 2025 an obligation to segregate construction and demolition waste into 6 fractions was also introduced. The most important change is the abandonment of the obligation to segregate R&D waste at the place of its generation - the entrepreneur can commission this to another authorized entity that has permits and an entry in the BDO, provided that an appropriate agreement is concluded. More information in the entry at the link.