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Do I need to register packaged goods to sell to the United Kingdom?
Yes, if the products you send to the United Kingdom fall inside this stream. Registration goes to Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency. GOV.UK: the regulations cover “all obliged UK organisations that import or supply packaging”. Large organisations record and report packaging data every six months; small producers currently collect data only. You will be asked for: Registration with the packaging EPR scheme (organisation ID reported to the regulator).
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| Country | the United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Obligation | packaging |
| Registration goes to | Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Environment Agency |
| When it must be in place | GOV.UK: the regulations cover “all obliged UK organisations that import or supply packaging”. Large organisations record and report packaging data every six months; small producers currently collect data only. |
| Published threshold | Applies to an organisation with an annual turnover of £1 million or more that supplied more than 25 tonnes of packaging to the UK market in the previous calendar year. Small producer: £1–2m turnover with over 25 tonnes, or over £1m turnover with 25–50 tonnes. Large producer: £2m or more turnover and over 50 tonnes. Below both figures the obligation does not apply. |
| What you will be asked for | Registration with the packaging EPR scheme (organisation ID reported to the regulator) |
| Where the number goes | Not verified for any marketplace yet. If you know where one asks for it, send us the path. |
No quantity threshold is shown unless the authority publishes one. Most do not — the figure lives in the legal text, and this page reports what the register itself states rather than interpreting law.
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