Country action sheet
Ireland
Major producer and scheme routeAuthorised representative
EU seller: AR required- Seller established outside the EU
- Confirm the national route
Reporting volume
PPWR: report from any volume- Current Ireland route
- PPWR reporting has no volume exemption
What changes here
Irish packaging rules apply to all producers, with extra duties for a major producer that exceeds 10 tonnes of packaging in a year and has annual turnover above €1 million. Major producers must use an approved body; Repak is the approved packaging scheme. PPWR reporting and cross-border representative duties must be checked separately from that national threshold.
Country workflow
How smbf.me handles this market
- 01Confirm the responsible entity
Map the seller, recipient, packaging stream, and first placement on the national market.
- 02Register and choose the route
Complete the applicable register, scheme, and representative steps as separate records.
- 03Report and keep evidence
Prepare material-level data, submit it through the confirmed route, and retain acknowledgements.
Primary evidence
Official law and authority pages
- Packaging RegulationsIrish Statute Book (opens in a new window)
- Repak distance sellersRepak (opens in a new window)
- Irish government update on mandatory approved-body membershipDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment (opens in a new window)
- Summary of Regulation (EU) 2025/40Repak (opens in a new window)
- Pending proposal to suspend the cross-border EPR representative ruleEUR-Lex (opens in a new window)
- Packaging compliance guidanceRepak (opens in a new window)
Source-linked rules
What the local route covers
- 01
Comply with Waste Management (Packaging) Regulations.
- 02
A major producer that exceeds 10 tonnes of packaging in a calendar year and has annual turnover above €1 million must participate in an approved body. Repak is the approved packaging scheme.
- 03
Maintain packaging data and declarations under the selected route.
- 04
For cross-border direct sales by an EU-established producer, the current PPWR requires an EPR authorised representative in Ireland. Confirm the national appointment and registration process, and separately verify the route for a producer established outside the EU.