德国法国站点EPR新规来袭！不注册关店风险？

New EPR regulations are coming for German and French sites! Any store closing risk if not registered！

近期，跨境圈内出现了一个高频率的词汇EPR，EPR新规的出现可谓又将欧洲站点的卖家搅得“头痛不已”！

Recently, a term ‘EPR’ has appeared frequently in the cross-border E-commerce field. The emergence of new EPR regulations can be head- scratching for sellers on European sites!

从今年第四季度开始，相信许多卖家已经陆陆续续收到亚马逊的邮件，自2022年1月1日起，要求在德国站和法国站销售的卖家，必须上传EPR注册号到亚马逊，否则将强制性停售商品！

Recently，many sellers have received notice emails from Amazon starting from fourth quarter of this year. The content of email highlights: Starting from January 1, 2022, sellers who sell goods in Germany and France must upload their EPR registration numbers to Amazon, otherwise they will mandatory halt sales!

面对EPR新规的出现，各位卖家朋友也不用紧张，下面美鸥小编就带大家一起了解下EPR新规的知识点，防止大家后续在销售时出现风险！

In this article， Sea&Mew will introduce you the new rules of EPR and how to prevent relevant risk in future sales.

1、什么是EPR?

EPR(Extended Producer’s Responsibility)即生产者责任延伸法规，是一项环境政策，要求生产者对其市场上所推出商品的整个生命周期负责，即从商品设计开始到生命周期结束（包括废弃物收集和处理）。

1. What is EPR？

EPR (Extended Producer's Responsibility) is an environmental policy that requires producers to be responsible for the entire life cycle of their products on the market, which is from the beginning of the product design to the end of the life cycle (including waste collection and dispose).

2、哪些产品涉及到EPR呢？

2. Products be involved in EPR

Notes：

√：EPR registration required

×：EPR registration non- required

3、如何知道自己是否要做EPR？

一般情况下，符合下列三种情况的任意一种，都将被认定为要履行EPR的义务：

l 在德国和法国制造需要符合生产者责任延伸要求的商品；

l 在德国和法国进口需要符合生产者责任延伸要求的商品；

l 在德国和法国销售需要符合生产者责任延伸要求的商品，并且在德国和法国没有成立公司。

像亚马逊、eBay、速卖通等平台的卖家朋友，均属于第三种情况。

延伸疑问：自发货的卖家需要履行EPR的义务吗？

—回答当然是肯定的，履行EPR义务不看卖家的销售方式，更不看销售数量，即使每个月只有几单的销量，也是需要注册当国的EPR。

3. Do you need EPR registration?

Normally, you’ll perform EPR obligations if you have matched any one of the following three conditions:

l Made products that need to meet the extended producer responsibility requirements in Germany and France ;

l Import goods that need to meet the extended producer responsibility requirements in Germany and France;

l Sell products that need to meet the extended producer responsibility requirements in Germany and France, and there is no company established in Germany and France.

Sellers on online platforms such as Amazon, eBay, and AliExpress usually meets the third condition.

Extended question: Do self-delivering sellers still need to fulfill the EPR obligation?

The answer is yes. The fulfillment of the EPR obligation does not depend on the sales method or sales volume. It’s necessary to register for EPR even there are only few sales per month.

4、卖家多久申报一次自己的市场投放量呢？

根据当国的的EPR商品分类和EPR法规监管部门而决定。在德国，包装法由LUCID监管，他们规定卖家一年应该进行两次申报并且按照回收公司的要求缴纳包装的回收费用；电子电气废弃产品以及电池都是由Stiftung ear监管，他们要求履行WEEE（ElektroG）法规的卖家每月和年终进行申报，履行电池法法规（BattG）的卖家一年进行两次申报。

关于法国EPR的申报和回收，其实法国目前的政策还不是很成熟，目前暂定为卖家在次年申报前一年的市场投放量。

4. How often does seller needs to declare the market volume?

It’s determined by the EPR commodity classification and EPR regulatory authorities in that country. In Germany, the packaging law is supervised by LUCID. They stipulate that sellers should declare twice a year and pay the recycling fee of the packaging according to the requirements of the recycling company. Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and batteries are supervised by the Stiftung ear, and they require the sellers who comply with the WEEE (ElektroG) regulations make declarations on monthly and year-end ; the sellers who comply with the Battery Law and Regulations (BattG) should make declarations twice a year.

Regarding the declaration and recycling of EPR in France, the current French policy is not very mature, seller might make declaration for previous year market value in current year.

5、如果不做EPR注册申报，有什么后果？

德国和法国当局要求跨境平台必须通知在其平台上销售的跨境卖家注册EPR，在取得EPR证书之前，责令卖家停止销售。如果卖家违反当国环境法规定的其他义务，将会得到以下处罚：

l 最高罚款100万欧元；

l 在当国（德国和法国）收入均被认为非法所得，将被没收；

l 缴纳罚款之前不得进行任何销售。

5. What is the consequence if not register the EPR for relevant products?

The German and French authorities require that cross-border platforms need to notify sellers on their platforms to register EPR, and sales should be pause before obtaining the EPR certificate. If the seller violates obligations under the local environmental law, he will be punished as follows:

The maximum fine up to 1 million euros;

The income from the country (Germany and France) is considered to be illegal and will be confiscated;

Sales will be prohibited until the fine is paid.

写在最后

虽然说这个EPR新规于2022年才生效， 但是德国站点一直都有在查WEEE（ElektroG）法规，注册过WEEE的卖家都知道，德国注册时间比较长，而且随着注册后期递交注册的数量增加，导致资料积压，注册时间又延长了不少，所以也要卖家考虑到注册周期的问题。

请各位卖家抓紧自查自己的产品是否符合要求，并趁早注册，避免销售商品出现停售风险。

欧盟法规一向都比较复杂，各位卖家朋友要是有任何疑问，欢迎前来咨询！！！

At the end

Although this new EPR regulation will only take effect in 2022, but German sites is checking WEEE (ElektroG) regulations all the time. Sellers who have registered for WEEE know that the registration time in Germany is relatively long, and the number of registrations submitted usually increases in the later period of registration. The registration time may extended a lot due to high workload, so sellers should also consider the issue of registration time.

Is better to check early whether your products meet the requirements and register as soon as possible to avoid the risk of suspension of sales.

EU regulations is always complicated. Feel free to contact us if you have any question!