Amazon EPR requirements 2026: country-by-country
Amazon verifies per-country EPR registration numbers in every EU marketplace — Germany alone requires LUCID packaging, WEEE and battery registration before electronics can list. From 12 August 2026 the PPWR adds verified packaging EPR registration in every member state of sale.
Last updated: 11 June 2026
What each Amazon marketplace verifies
Each Amazon EU marketplace checks the EPR registration numbers of its own country — there is no pan-EU number. Germany verifies three separate registrations; France verifies a UIN per stream; Italy's ERN deadlines run 31 December 2025 to 30–31 March 2026.
The legal basis is EU Regulation 2019/1020, which makes marketplaces responsible for checking producer compliance — and the scale it touches is measurable: Eldris proprietary tracking (The Seller Index dataset) shows 9,579 sell on the EU's four largest marketplaces (EU EPR Seller Compliance Index 2026). Per-market exposure analyses: Germany, France, Italy and Spain. A German number does nothing on Amazon.fr, and a French UIN does nothing in Italy — six marketplaces mean up to eighteen stream-level registrations for a full-footprint electronics seller, which is why the table below carries every register and every price in one place. From 12 August 2026, Article 45 of the PPWR widens the same checking duty to packaging in every member state, so the per-country numbers in this table become the template for the remaining EU markets rather than the whole job.
| Marketplace | What Amazon verifies | Authorities / registers | Eldris pricing / yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪Germany Amazon.de | LUCID packaging number, WEEE-Reg.-Nr. and battery registration — all three before listing electronics. Enforced since 2022 (LUCID) and 2023 (WEEE) | Packaging: LUCID + Dual System WEEE: Stiftung EAR Battery: Stiftung EAR | Packaging £240 WEEE £790 Battery £385 |
| 🇫🇷France Amazon.fr | Unique Identification Number (UIN) per EPR stream; required since 31 December 2022, with auto-enrolment into Pay on Behalf for non-compliant sellers. Enforced since 31 December 2022 | Packaging: Citeo or Leko WEEE: ADEME / SYDEREP Battery: Corepile or Screlec | Packaging £385 WEEE £655 Battery £520 |
| 🇮🇹Italy Amazon.it | Italian EPR registration numbers (ERN) per stream. Amazon.it ERN deadlines: 31 December 2025 and 30–31 March 2026 | Packaging: CONAI + Consortia WEEE: Centro di Coord. RAEE Battery: National Battery Reg. | Packaging £535 WEEE £870 Battery £870 |
| 🇪🇸Spain Amazon.es | Spanish EPR registration per stream; packaging registration requires a Spanish NIF (tax ID). Verification live across streams | Packaging: Ecoembes WEEE: Registro Industrial Battery: Battery SIG | Packaging £520 WEEE £655 Battery £655 |
| 🇳🇱Netherlands Amazon.nl | Dutch producer registration per stream — packaging, WEEE and battery. Battery offers deactivated from 18 August 2025 | Packaging: Afvalfonds Verpakkingen WEEE: Wecycle / Stichting Open Battery: Stibat | Packaging £255 WEEE £255 Battery £255 |
| 🇵🇱Poland Amazon.pl | BDO registration number; Polish WEEE requires a Polish packaging registration first. Battery offers deactivated from 18 August 2025 | Packaging: BDO + Recovery Org WEEE: GIOŚ / BDO Battery: BDO Collection Scheme | Packaging £605 WEEE £735 Battery £655 |
Annual one-off per line — no monthly fees. Italy bundles WEEE + battery (£1,190) when you need both; Poland WEEE requires Polish packaging registration first; Spain packaging requires a Spanish NIF (one-off £200 if you hold none). Pan-EU FBA sellers usually need all six markets — see Pan-EU FBA EPR requirements by country.
The verification and enforcement calendar
Amazon has enforced every recent EU producer deadline on or near the day it arrived — and on 18 August 2025, Temu and TikTok Shop enforced the same battery deadline. The next date on this calendar is 12 August 2026.
| Date | Enforcement event |
|---|---|
| 15 June – 1 July 2022 | Amazon.de blocked listings of sellers without a LUCID packaging registration, in two waves. |
| 31 December 2022 | France UIN deadline; Amazon auto-enrolled non-compliant sellers into Pay on Behalf. |
| January – July 2023 | Amazon.de delisted sellers without German WEEE registration; German fines reach €100,000. |
| 1 January 2025 | EU single-use plastics obligations enforced. |
| 18 August 2025 | Battery Regulation deadline — Amazon deactivated non-compliant offers in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden the same day; Temu and TikTok Shop enforced the same deadline. |
| 31 December 2025 / 30–31 March 2026 | Amazon.it ERN registration deadlines. |
| 12 August 2026 | PPWR applies — packaging EPR registration verified in every EU member state under Article 45. |
Read together, the seven dated entries form one repeating shape. The 2022 LUCID waves proved a marketplace would remove live listings over a missing packaging number; France then tied its UIN to auto-enrolment, converting non-compliance into a billed service rather than a free pass. The 2023 German WEEE delistings ran for months and sat alongside fines reaching €100,000, which remains the sharpest national penalty on this table. By 18 August 2025 the model was synchronised across platforms — Amazon, Temu and TikTok Shop all acted on the Battery Regulation date itself, in four markets at once. Italy's ERN deadlines carried the pattern into winter 2025 and spring 2026. Each entry tightened the screw on a different stream; 12 August 2026 is simply the first date on which the verification duty extends to packaging in all 27 member states simultaneously.
German registrations are checked against the LUCID register for packaging and Stiftung EAR for WEEE and batteries.
What happens if you miss a deadline
Suspension, not a warning. On every dated deadline above, Amazon removed or deactivated non-compliant offers — and German authorities can add fines of up to €100,000.
The pattern across 2022–2025 is entirely consistent: Amazon collects registration numbers ahead of a deadline, then pulls the offers that are missing them once the date arrives. The LUCID waves of 15 June and 1 July 2022 removed packaging-unregistered sellers from Amazon.de; the 2023 WEEE wave delisted electronics sellers through July; and on 18 August 2025 Amazon deactivated non-compliant battery offers in Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden on deadline day itself. Recovery is slower than prevention, because a registration filed after suspension still takes 2–8 weeks to complete — weeks of lost revenue while competitors keep selling. If you are already suspended, the full recovery sequence is documented step by step in our guide to restoring Amazon listings after a WEEE suspension; if you are not, the cheaper path is registering before the next calendar date.
Pay-on-Behalf vs your own registration
Amazon's Pay on Behalf collects eco-contributions on your sales where a marketplace operates it — France auto-enrolled non-compliant sellers from 31 December 2022 — but it does not replace producer registration in your own name.
Amazon Pay on Behalf
- Amazon pays eco-contributions on your sales and charges you for it
- Applied automatically — France auto-enrolment from 31 December 2022
- No registration number in your name — the legal producer duty stays yours
- Covers only that marketplace's sales, not your other channels
Your own EPR registration
- Registration numbers in your name, valid across every channel you sell on
- Satisfies marketplace verification — the listing-level check Amazon runs
- Authorised representative included where required
- Annual one-off per country — no monthly fees
On a marketplace, the comparison resolves on ownership of the number. Pay on Behalf leaves the registration duty with you while Amazon pays the eco-contributions and invoices you for them — workable as a stopgap in the markets where it operates, but invisible to the verification systems of your other channels and silent on the authorised-representative question entirely. Your own registration reverses each of those terms: the number sits in your name, satisfies the listing-level checks on every marketplace at once, carries the representative where a market requires one, and costs a known annual one-off per country rather than a per-sale levy you do not control. France's auto-enrolment from 31 December 2022 showed how the default works in practice: sellers who had not registered were moved onto Amazon's commercial terms, not exempted from the underlying legal duty.
The full comparison, including when Pay on Behalf charges more than registering properly, is in Amazon Pay-on-Behalf vs proper WEEE registration.
From 12 August 2026: the PPWR raises the bar
The PPWR — Regulation (EU) 2025/40 — applies from 12 August 2026 and extends verified packaging EPR registration to every EU member state, not just the six core marketplaces.
Today Amazon's EPR checks concentrate on Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland. From 12 August 2026, Article 45 of the PPWR obliges every online platform to verify packaging registration in every member state where a producer sells — and non-EU sellers must hold an authorised representative in each of those countries. Product-safety law adds a separate role: the EU Responsible Person under GPSR, which Eldris provides through responsible.eldris.ai and which never substitutes for packaging EPR representatives. The complete breakdown of the deadline, the registration duty and 29-country packaging pricing is on our PPWR guide. Pricing for that wider footprint stays fixed per country: packaging EPR runs from £240 (€360) in Germany up to £990 (€1,485) in Slovenia as an annual one-off, every line including the authorised representative where required, with no monthly billing anywhere.
Amazon EPR: frequently asked questions
What EPR numbers does Amazon require in Germany?
Three: a LUCID packaging number, a WEEE-Reg.-Nr. from Stiftung EAR for electronics, and a battery registration where batteries apply. Eldris registers all three — packaging £240, WEEE £790, battery £385, annual one-off.
What is the French UIN and do I need one?
The UIN (Unique Identification Number) is France's per-stream EPR registration number, required for marketplace sellers since 31 December 2022. Sellers without one were auto-enrolled into Amazon's Pay on Behalf programme, which charges eco-fees without giving you your own registration.
What are the Amazon Italy ERN deadlines?
Amazon.it set ERN (Italian EPR registration) deadlines of 31 December 2025 and 30–31 March 2026. Italian WEEE and battery registrations are bundled by Eldris when you need both, which costs less than registering each separately.
Does Amazon Pay-on-Behalf make me EPR compliant?
No. Pay on Behalf collects eco-contributions on your sales in specific markets, but it does not replace legal producer registration in your own name — you remain the producer with the registration duty, and you pay Amazon's rates without holding your own number.
Will Amazon suspend my listings for missing EPR registration?
Precedent says yes, on the deadline. Amazon blocked LUCID-less sellers in June–July 2022, delisted WEEE-unregistered sellers through 2023, and deactivated non-compliant battery offers in four markets on 18 August 2025 — the day the Battery Regulation deadline arrived.
What changes for Amazon sellers on 12 August 2026?
The PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) applies. Packaging EPR registration becomes mandatory in every EU member state where you sell, marketplaces must verify it before allowing sales, and non-EU sellers need an authorised representative in each member state of sale.
Get every number Amazon asks for
Pick your marketplaces, see the exact annual one-off price per stream, and Eldris files every registration — authorised representatives included.