{"id":17826,"date":"2024-12-12T15:43:56","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interzero.pl\/blog\/new-epr-regulations-in-austria-authorized-representative\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T09:56:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T08:56:05","slug":"new-epr-regulations-in-austria-authorized-representative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interzero.pl\/en\/blog\/new-epr-regulations-in-austria-authorized-representative\/","title":{"rendered":"New EPR regulations in Austria | Authorized representative"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”188754″][vc_single_image media=”17818″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”172814″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flicensing.interzero.at%2F|target:_blank”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”h1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”130640″]<\/p>\n

EPR regulations in Austria: mandatory licensing of packaging and appointment of an authorised representative from 2023 <\/h1>\n

[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” position_vertical=”middle” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”519152″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”657960″]Polish entrepreneurs selling products and packaging to Austria should be careful \u2013 since 1 January 2023, this country has introduced EPR regulations, which are the equivalent of the Polish EPR. They focus on 2 main issues: licensing of packaging and establishing an authorized representative in Austria. How to fulfill the obligations arising from EPR? We advise.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”193984″]<\/p>\n

From 2023 new EPR (VVO) regulations came into force in Austria<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”167665″]At the beginning of 2023, new Extended Producer Responsibility<\/em> ( EPR) regulations<\/strong> came into force in Austria. They impose a number of environmental obligations on entrepreneurs selling products to Austria, the aim of which is to increase the level of recycling of packaging and product waste and to minimize the impact of entrepreneurs’ activities on the environment.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”181637″]<\/p>\n

Are you selling products to Austria? Here are your obligations under the EPR (VVO) regulations <\/h2>\n

[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”838484″]From 1 January 2023, entrepreneurs not established in Austria who introduce certain categories of packaging and products to the Austrian market must meet strict legal requirements<\/strong> . According to the Austrian EPR, every person introducing them is obliged to: <\/p>\n