The obligation already exists. Since 12 August 2026, Article 45 of the PPWR has imposed it in each EU country where you make packaging or packaged products available directly to the end user, whether an individual or a business that uses the product, without being established there; if you sell to a distributor established locally, the distributor is in principle the producer. In France, the national obligation has covered, since 10 July 2026, any non-established person subject to an EPR scheme, professional packaging included from 1 January 2027. Waiting for a customer's request means receiving it in a tender or a suspension letter, with weeks of regularisation. The sound method is to list the delivery countries, the volume and the type of customer for each, to deal first with the countries where customers are starting to ask and those where a subsidiary can carry the mandate, then to decide for small flows between appointing an authorised representative and giving up the destination. Our verification tool places you in 3 questions.
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