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Packaging rules in Austria

The EU-wide rules apply in Austria the same way they apply everywhere else — those are on the rules page. This page carries its producer register, the authority responsible for packaging there and what it asks for beyond the EU rules.

Where businesses register

Austria keeps its list of packaging businesses in EDM / ZAReg. The rules call this a producer register. Being on it is what allows packaging to be made available in Austria at all, so it is usually the first thing a business shipping there deals with.

Source: EDM / ZAReg — read from this source on

What Austria asks for on top

  • Selling to another EU country and needing a representative there

    Applies now

    A business that sends packaged goods straight to customers in another EU country has to appoint someone based in that country to handle its packaging duties there. The rules call this person an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility. It has to be done in writing, and separately for each country. For businesses based outside the EU the picture is different: each country decides for itself whether to require one.

    Source: Regulation (EU) 2025/40, Art. 45(3) — read from this source on

    The rules use the same phrase, authorised representative, for a different job to do with product paperwork. Same words, different role.

    National divergences recorded for this rule

    • Austria requires a foreign seller without an Austrian base to appoint an Austrian representative. Austria also asks for more than a signed letter. The appointment has to be notarised, written in German or English, list which collection and treatment categories it covers, and record that the representative agrees to take on the duties.

      Source: Unternehmensserviceportal (USP), Republic of Austria — read from this source on

Find someone who acts as a representative in AustriaThis site lists people and companies who say they act as a representative, organised by the country they act in. Nobody here is checked, rated or ranked — each listing is what that person wrote about themselves, and the conversation happens directly between the two parties.