{"id":14022,"date":"2025-09-09T11:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T09:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interzero.it\/our-services\/authorized-representative\/ar-austria\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:36:35","slug":"ar-austria","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/interzero.it\/en\/our-services\/authorized-representative\/ar-austria\/","title":{"rendered":"AR Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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EPR legislation in Austria: mandatory licensing for packaging and appointment of an Authorized Representative from 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Businesses selling products and packaging in Austria<\/strong> must pay particular attention: as of January 1, 2023, the country introduced the EPR regulation, the Polish equivalent of the ROP. It focuses on two main aspects: the packaging license and the appointment of an authorized representative in Austria. How do you fulfill these EPR obligations? Here are some tips. <\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_button size=”btn-lg” border_width=”0″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flicensing.interzero.at%2Fen%2F|target:_blank|” uncode_shortcode_id=”455325″]GO TO THE PORTAL[\/vc_button][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”133591″]The new EPR (VVO) regulations will come into force in Austria in 2023.<\/strong>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”128502″]<\/p>\n

From 2023, new provisions on Extended Producer<\/em> Responsibility<\/strong> (EPR) came into force in Austria. These impose a series of environmental obligations<\/strong> on companies selling products in Austria, with the aim of increasing the recycling rate of packaging and product waste and minimizing the environmental impact of company activities<\/strong> . <\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”13639″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202334″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”163430″][vc_custom_heading uncode_shortcode_id=”256917″]Do you sell products in Austria? Here are your obligations under the EPR regulation. <\/strong>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”929585″]From 1 January 2023, non-Austrian entrepreneurs who place certain categories of packaging and products on the Austrian market must comply with very strict legal requirements<\/strong> .<\/p>\n

According to the Austrian EPR regulation, every person introducing products is obliged to:<\/p>\n