Every year again: The Packaging Act and the annual reports for 2022
As every year, the time has come once again: In Germany, it is time to submit and license the planned quantity report for 2023. In addition, a first evaluation for the year-end report 2022 should already be started.
FBA merchants must also license FBA packaging since July 1, 2022. However, the EPR report provided by Amazon for this purpose is a horror, because the data in this report seems to be incomplete and incorrect for many merchants. In such cases, a generous estimate of FBA quantities should be made for one’s own safety – to avoid or at least mitigate penalties. It is also advisable to report errors in a case/ticket to Amazon and to wait with the submission until the very end of the deadline (in case Amazon corrects the data shortly before the deadline).
Also other EU countries should not be forgotten, first of all France and Poland (penalty regulations). For Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain and Luxembourg, registration may be necessary in individual cases even for extremely small quantities.