EPR - Invoice Schedule

EPR - Invoice Schedule

Overview

Once EPR registered, you will receive invoices on-going invoices from the relevant authorities, that will need to be settled in order to ensure that your EPR Registration Number remains active and valid. 
Failure to settle these, could result in the number being made inactive, which would impact your ability to sell in the region(s) as EPR Registration and Number is a compliance requirement. 
Below, we will show you the approximated months and dates of invoices, to be expected from the PROs (Producer Responsibility Organisations):

 

Country

EPR Stream

Declaration / Invoice Frequency

FR

Packaging

Annual declaration (Jan–Feb), invoice March

Chemicals

Provisional Feb, adjust May, final Jul

Textiles

Annual (Jan–Feb), payment by Mar

Furniture

Q1–Q4 quarterly cycles

Batteries

Annual declaration (Jan–Feb), invoice March

DE

Packaging

Forecast Aug; report Mar; audited report by May

WEEE

Monthly (by 10th), annual by Mar

Batteries

Quarterly by 15th; annual by Apr

ES

Packaging

Annual: report to PRO by Feb; to Ministry by Mar

WEEE

Likely annual, PRO dependent

Batteries

Quarterly by the 20th; quarterly payments


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