Country action sheet
Austria
System participation and local representationAuthorised representative
EU seller: AR required- Seller established outside the EU
- Required for consumer sales
Reporting volume
PPWR: report from any volume- Current Austria route
- First amount
What changes here
Austria uses national registration and operational processes, including the EDM environment. A foreign distance seller may need an Austrian authorised representative, depending on its establishment, sales route, recipient, and packaging activity.
Country workflow
How smbf.me handles this market
- 01Classify the route
Confirm the recipient, sales route, and household or commercial packaging scope.
- 02Check representation
Confirm whether the current Austrian representative rule applies to the exact scenario.
- 03Set up and report
Coordinate the system, EDM records, data, and evidence required for the relevant period.
Primary evidence
Official law and authority pages
- New EU Packaging Regulation — Austrian transitionBMLUK (opens in a new window)
- Packaging Ordinance 2014 — consolidated lawRIS (opens in a new window)
- Packaging Ordinance 2014, section 16bRIS (opens in a new window)
- Packaging obligations for businessesUSP (opens in a new window)
- Representatives for packagingUSP (opens in a new window)
- EDM registration informationEDM (opens in a new window)
Source-linked rules
What the local route covers
- 01
Businesses placing household or commercial packaging on the Austrian market generally participate in an approved collection and recovery system; contributions depend on material and weight.
- 02
A foreign distance seller without an Austrian establishment or branch that supplies packaged goods directly to private end users must use an Austrian packaging representative for the applicable route.
- 03
The representative must be established in Austria, hold the required mandate, and use the relevant EDM or ZAReg process. Registration, system participation, reporting, and the mandate are separate actions.